Baiyamo

A language of Papua New Guinea

ISO 639: ppe
Alternate Names: Papi, Paupe
Population: 220 (2011 census). Ethnic population: 220 (2011 census).
Location:: Sandaun and East Sepik provinces: Frieda river area; Paupe village.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Sepik, Sepik Hill, Papi
Dialects: None known. Lexical similarity: 29% with Asaba [seo], most similar.
Language Use: Vigorous (Hammarström 2010). Used by all. Also use Tok Pisin [tpi] (Wurm 2007).
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 2%–3%.

Location: Sandaun and East Sepik provinces: Frieda river area; Paupe village.