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The Susuami language is a heavily endangered
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Demographics

In 1980, it was estimated at 50 speakers, and faced competition from the several other languages spoken in the village, including distantly-related Hamtai and Angaataha, as well as the usual use of
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with outsiders. In 1990, there are about a dozen speakers, and children were not learning the language, including the child of the only couple in the village who were both native speakers. Its continued survival is unlikely.


References

* Bernard Comrie, Stephen Matthews, and Maria Polinsky. ''The Atlas of Languages''. New York: Facts on File. Page 109. * Smith, Geoffrey P. 1990. ''Susuami: An Angan Language of the Upper Watut Valley, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea''. Lae: Department of Language and Communication Studies, Papua New Guinea University of Technology. Angan languages Critically endangered languages Languages of Morobe Province Endangered Papuan languages {{papuan-lang-stub