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Alias		Kanowit
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, North Borneo, Melanau-Kajang
ORTHGRAFIE		Malay-based
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		kxn
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		Kanowit Tanjong
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche
WEITERE KOMMENTARE		Note: Tanjong/Tanjung may in fact be considered a language separate from Kanowit, but further research is needed.

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Informationen von: “Personal Communication on Kanowit” . Alexander D. Smith (2016)

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100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<100
Muttersprachler weltweit
HALBSPRECHER
A few hundred
KINDER
0

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2016

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

Kanowit is not being passed on to the next generation.

SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG

Generally positive

UNTERSTÜTZUNG DER REGIERUNG

None

INSTITUTIONELLE UNTERSTÜTZUNG

None

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Malay
English
Iban

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

No monolinguals. Most speakers of Kanowit use Malay, English, or Iban in their daily communications. Parents typically speak to their children in Malay. Most of the Kanowit-speaking community is in the diaspora.

Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)

Malay-based

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
500
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
200 (2000 S. Wurm). Ethnic population: 500.

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2000

ORTE: Malaysia;

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Muttersprachler weltweit

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Muttersprachler weltweit

ORTE: Sarawak, Malaysia

Stark gefährdet

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
170
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
In 1981, there were still 170 speakers, but they are much less now.

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1981

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

Young generation prefers Iban

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Iban

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

The language is receding before Iban. Lots of Iban borrowings

Rechtschreibung

No literacy in language

ORTE: Sarawak, Malaysia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Middle Rejang River, in the third administrative division.

		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		100		100-999								Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Sarawak, Malaysia		2.0652,112.1489
			2016	Personal Communication on Kanowit							Alexander D. Smith				<100	2016	10-99		A few hundred	0	Malay, English, Iban	Generally positive	No monolinguals. Most speakers of Kanowit use Malay, English, or Iban in their daily communications. Parents typically speak to their children in Malay. Most of the Kanowit-speaking community is in the diaspora.	All	Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	Kanowit is not being passed on to the next generation.	14	13			2.087396, 112.165452
070071197X	3	1	2007	Australia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	424-557		Routledge	Abingdon		Stephen A Wurm	Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub		170	1981	100-999	In 1981, there were still 170 speakers, but they are much less now.			Iban		The language is receding before Iban. Lots of Iban borrowings		Severely Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Young generation prefers Iban		14	Sarawak, Malaysia	Middle Rejang River, in the third administrative division.
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			100		100-999								Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	500	200	2000	100-999	200 (2000 S. Wurm). Ethnic population: 500.							Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Malaysia;

Kanowit-Tanjong

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

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100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

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200

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100

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100

Stark gefährdet

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

170

Diskussion

Kanowit-Tanjong

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

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100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

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20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Sicher gefährdet

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100

Stark gefährdet

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

170

Diskussion

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