• Vulnerable

  100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 8,000-9,000

  Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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Doba Malay is the language of wider communication. It has replaced Tarangan as a regional lingua franca. The language is spoken in 18 villages and it is spoken by children in all but one. It is used along with Malay in daily interactions within the community.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

No government support

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

No institutional support

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Dobo Malay

• Standard Indonesian Malay

PLACES

Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Western Tarangan is spoken throughout the western half of Trangan (Tarangan) Island in the Aru Islands in western Maluku.The area is about 50 miles south of Dobo Town. It is spoken in 18 villages.

• Threatened

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 7,910

  Native speakers worldwide
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  (SIL)

DATE OF INFO

2011

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"Positive attitudes."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Ambonese Malay [abs]

• Indonesian [ind]

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES

Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

"Maluku Province, southeastern area, south Aru islands, Tarangan island west coast."