| Name | Skotchiau village recordings |
| Description | Five cassette tapes recorded in Skotchiau (Skotiau) village, Sandaun Province at the end of 2002/beginning of 2003. Languages include:
Mnanki: In 2002 noted to be quite strong, kids learning, probably about 100 speakers in Skotiau village, and apparently also spoken in other villages. Probably classified as a variety of Manem.
Manem: In 2002 noted to be in a similar situation to Mnanki (not as strong as Mnanki in Skotiau village but is apparently spoken in 5 other villages).
Arso: Small amount recorded with a single female speaker, living in Skotchiau village, no other details known.
Other languages spoken in the village in 2002 included Tok Pisin and Papuan Malay/Bahasa.
No more recent information has been gathered by this researcher.
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| Type | Media |
| Subject |
linguistics,
linguistics,
language,
language,
PARADISEC,
PARADISEC
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| Linkback | https://catalog.paradisec.org.au/repository/LSR2 |
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| Number of places | 10 |