Blafe

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: bfh
Alternate Names: Blafe Wonana, Indorodoro, Mblafe, Tonda
Population: 550 (Evans et al 2018). 350 Blafe, 200 Ránmo (Evans et al 2018).
Location:: Western province: Indorodoro village is center; west of Nambo [ncm] language area.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: South-Central Papuan, Morehead-Upper Maro, Tonda
Dialects: Mblafe, Ránmo (Renmo).
Language Use: Vigorous use in every village except for one, where the vernacular is not taught to young people. Some young people, all adults. Also use English [eng] (Grummitt and Masters 2012). Used as L2 by Rema [bow].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Blafe
Writing: Latin script [Latn], in development.

Location: Western province: Indorodoro village is center; west of Nambo [ncm] language area.