Papunesia · ISO 639-3 uhn · Glottocode dama1272
Damal
The reference record for Damal combines the macroarea Papunesia with classification as a language isolate, shifting status, and the script assignment Latin.
- Language family
- Language isolate
- Likely script
- Latin (Latn)
- Source status
- shifting
- Macroarea
- Papunesia
- Source country codes
- ID
- Reference point
- -4.173, 137.496
Open research question
Which community-authorised sources document current transmission, self-designations, varieties, and language maintenance for Damal?
This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.
Scholarly boundary
The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.