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Sepik languages

Sepik is a language family with 34 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in Papunesia. The largest by number of speakers are Kwanga, Abau, and Mende (Papua New Guinea). 34 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
KwangaPapua New Guinea7,520Threatened
AbauPapua New Guinea7,000Threatened
Mende (Papua New Guinea)Papua New Guinea5,057Threatened
MehekPapua New Guinea4,027Threatened
NamiaPapua New Guinea3,500Vulnerable
IwamPapua New Guinea3,000Threatened
KwomaPapua New Guinea2,925Threatened
Sepik IwamPapua New Guinea2,500Threatened
HewaPapua New Guinea2,000Threatened
KaprimanPapua New Guinea1,339Vulnerable
AlamblakPapua New Guinea1,200Threatened
Yessan-MayoPapua New Guinea900Endangered
KalouPapua New Guinea820Endangered
PouyePapua New Guinea817Threatened
BahinemoPapua New Guinea700Vulnerable
Saniyo-HiyewePapua New Guinea644Endangered
PahiPapua New Guinea598Endangered
Ayi (Papua New Guinea)Papua New Guinea430Endangered
AwtuwPapua New Guinea400Endangered
BisisPapua New Guinea395Endangered
AmalPapua New Guinea388Endangered
AwunPapua New Guinea384Endangered
WogamusinPapua New Guinea368Endangered
KaningraPapua New Guinea327Threatened
NiksekPapua New Guinea300Endangered
ChenapianPapua New Guinea180Endangered
BerinomoPapua New Guinea178Endangered
WatakatauiPapua New Guinea160Endangered
PasiPapua New Guinea154Endangered
PiamePapua New Guinea100Severely Endangered
AkPapua New Guinea80Severely Endangered
Mari (East Sepik Province)Papua New Guinea80Endangered
SumariupPapua New Guinea80Severely Endangered
KarawaPapua New Guinea44Severely Endangered

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.