ELP ID
4601
ELP Language
Sissano
Speaker Number
100-999
Public Comment
"In 1990, 4,780 speakers were reported and language use was vigorous. The 1998 tsunami almost completely annihilated the population. Number of surviving speakers unlikely to exceed a few hundred (Wurm 2007)."
Source
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
300
Speaker Number Range
100-999