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 to	Papua New Guinea
Region	Sandaun Province
Native speakers	100 (2003)[1]
Language family	Border Bewani Range Poal River Ainbai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aic
Glottolog	ainb1238
ELP	Ainbai
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)
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