Warapu
PrintA language of Papua New Guinea
ISO 639-3
Population
300 (Wurm 2000).
Location
Sandaun Province, near Sera and Sissano coast, northwest peninsula of Sissano Lagoon, around Sumo and Ramu towns.
Language Maps
Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Language Use
Endangered or seriously endangered (2000 S. Wurm). Language use was vigorous before the 1998 tsunami which annihilated much of the population. Perhaps seriously endangered in view of the scattered nature of the surviving Warapu speakers (Wurm 2007).
Language Development
Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%.
Writing
Latin script.