Tami

TMY

developing

Dialects: Taemi, Wanam.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Oceanic
Western Oceanic
North New Guinea
Ngero-Vitiaz
Vitiaz
Tami

Demographics: 2,100 (2010 SIL), increasing. 1,000 in each dialect.

Language Use: 10% also use Yabem [jae]. Mostly older generation.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: More than 10%. Literacy rate in L2: Less than 10%. Poetry. Bible portions: 2000.

Typology: SVO.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea