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Ramu languages

Ramu is a language family with 24 languages profiled on Glottosphere, spoken in Papunesia. The largest by number of speakers are Aruamu, Rao, and Banaro. 24 of them are listed as endangered.

LanguageCountriesSpeakersStatus
AruamuPapua New Guinea5,350Threatened
RaoPapua New Guinea4,000Threatened
BanaroPapua New Guinea2,569Threatened
AbuPapua New Guinea2,347Threatened
TangguPapua New Guinea2,330Threatened
KirePapua New Guinea1,900Threatened
BosngunPapua New Guinea1,768Endangered
InapangPapua New Guinea1,290Threatened
BoreiPapua New Guinea1,202Threatened
AwarPapua New Guinea1,153Severely Endangered
WatamPapua New Guinea1,086Threatened
KanggapePapua New Guinea930Endangered
AndarumPapua New Guinea830Endangered
KaianPapua New Guinea792Threatened
BreriPapua New Guinea720Endangered
AiomePapua New Guinea620Endangered
TanguatPapua New Guinea510Endangered
AnorPapua New Guinea450Endangered
AkukemPapua New Guinea409Endangered
RomkunPapua New Guinea350Endangered
KominimungPapua New Guinea328Endangered
IganaPapua New Guinea114Endangered
AkrukayPapua New Guinea75Severely Endangered
GorovuPapua New Guinea20Critically Endangered

Classification and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status: Endangered Languages Project. Only languages with a profile here are listed, so the family may have more members.