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ALSO KNOWN AS		Isaka, Krisa
CLASSIFICATION		Sko
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ksi
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Information from: “I'saka: a sketch grammar of a language of north-central New Guinea” . Donohue, Mark and Lila San Roque (2004) Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
347
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Laycock 1971)

DATE OF INFO: 1970

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"I'saka is no longer being widely learnt as a first language, although the extent of this decline, as opposed to diglossia, is difficult to ascertain, as it seems that children’s passive knowledge of the language greatly exceeds their active capabilities."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"There is a definite sense of endangerment in Krisa, with older people in particular expressing distress at the perceived loss of the I'saka language."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin [tpi]
English [eng]

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sandaun Province: Krisa village, the offshoot settlement of Pasi, and numerous bush camps near Mt. Asowa.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
347
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Krisa and Waterstone villages

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
420
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province near coast."

			2014	Glottolog 2.3				Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology	http://glottolog.org	Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian	Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian. 2014. Glottolog 2.3. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at http://glottolog.org)														-2.80, 141.30
Pacific Linguistics		554	2004	I'saka: a sketch grammar of a language of north-central New Guinea		Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University	Canberra			Donohue, Mark and Lila San Roque		347	1970	100-999	(Laycock 1971)	Tok Pisin is used in most domains.	Tok Pisin [tpi], English [eng]	"There is a definite sense of endangerment in Krisa, with older people in particular expressing distress at the perceived loss of the I'saka language."	Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	"I'saka is no longer being widely learnt as a first language, although the extent of this decline, as opposed to diglossia, is difficult to ascertain, as it seems that children’s passive knowledge of the language greatly exceeds their active capabilities."	14	Papua New Guinea	Sandaun Province: Krisa village, the offshoot settlement of Pasi, and numerous bush camps near Mt. Asowa.
	18th		2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition	Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas		http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.	420	2003	100-999	(SIL)				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea	"Sandaun Province near coast."
Pacific Linguistics		B 25	1973	Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification	Wurm, Stephen A.	Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics	Canberra			Laycock, Donald C.		347	1970	100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea	Krisa and Waterstone villages

I'saka

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Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

347

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

347

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

420

Discussion

I'saka

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Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

347

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

347

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

420

Discussion

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