Informationen von: “Community, identity, wellbeing: The report of the Second National Indigenous Languages Survey” . Doug Marmion and Kazuko Obata and Jakelin Troy (2014)
Gefährdet
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~6000
5000
7000
4000
3000
"A [respondent] for Yumplatok reported that it is used by all age groups and has thousands of full speakers in each age group. It also has part-speakers and people who are able to say several words and simple sentences."
ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
VERBREITUNG
MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT
"Yumplatok speakers in all age groups use the language ‘often’."
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
Kalaw Kawaw Ya
Meriam Mir
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT
"Many Torres Strait Islander people are multilingual and the reported frequency of use, ‘often’ rather than ‘always’, suggests speakers switch between Yumplatok and other languages."
ORTE
Australia
ORTSBESCHREIBUNG
Torres Strait Islands, Queensland
Informationen von: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International
Bedroht
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,040
census
DATUM DER INFORMATION
2006
Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)
Latin
ORTE
Australia
ORTSBESCHREIBUNG
"Torres Strait Islands, towns on upper Cape York, some towns on north Queensland east coast."