Ainbai language

Ainbai is a Papuan language of Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is spoken in Ainbai village (3.090493°S 141.146645°E / -3.090493; 141.146645 (Ainbai)), Bewani/Wutung Onei Rural LLG, Sandaun Province.[1][2]

Ainbai
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionSandaun Province
Native speakers
100 (2003)[1]
Border
  • Bewani Range
    • Poal River
      • Ainbai
Language codes
ISO 639-3aic
Glottologainb1238
ELPAinbai
Ainbai is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
Coordinates: 3.090493°S 141.146645°E / -3.090493; 141.146645 (Ainbai)

Other than Ainbai village (3.090493°S 141.146645°E / -3.090493; 141.146645 (Ainbai)), it is also spoken in Elis village (3.056925°S 141.089587°E / -3.056925; 141.089587 (Elis 1)).[3][4]

References
  1. Ainbai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) closed access
  2. United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
  3. Brown, Robert. 1981. A sociolinguistic survey of Pagi and Kilmeri. Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages 29. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
  4. Survey archive on Summer Institute of Linguistics International
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