Wab

WAB

threatened

Alternate Names: Som

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 120 (Wurm 2000).

Language Use: Seriously endangered (2000 D. Tryon); potentially endangered or endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Under pressure from Biliau [bcu] and Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007).

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea