Where are Baining-Taulil languages spoken?

These languages are spoken in the east of the island of New Britain, in Papua New Guinea.

Total number of speakers (estimates)

Roughly 13 000 according to the SIL site www.ethnologue.com

Classification :

Taulil: 800 speakers according to Unesco and the SIL

Baining Group

Kairak: 750 speakers according to the SILedit

Makolkol: Extinct according to the SIL

Mali: 2 200 speakers according to the SIL

Qaqet: 6 350 speakers according to the SIL

Simbali : 390 speakers according to the SIL

Ura : 1 900 speakers according to the SIL

Are the Baining-Taulil languages endangered?

We do not have reliable sources regarding the precise degree of vitality of these languages.