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ALSO KNOWN AS		Sekol, Sekou, Səkou, Sko, Skouw, Skow, Sukou, Te Mawo, Tumawo, Nuclear Skou, Te Máwo pílang nè ne
CLASSIFICATION		Sko
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		skv
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Information from: “A grammar of the Skou language of New Guinea” . Donohue, Mark (2004)

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<700
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
700
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"There are approximately 700 members of the ethnic group that speaks the language..."

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Although children attending school do not speak the language, it is apparent that they do understand it, as they are frequently addressed in it by their parents and other elders."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Indonesian/Papuan Malay

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"[I]t is unlikely that a casual visitor will hear any Skou spoken: almost all members of the villages, the only exceptions being some particularly old men and especially women, are competently bilingual."

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Papua Province: "The language is spoken with minimal dialectal variation by the inhabitants of three villages, Skou Yambe, Skou Mabo and Skou Sai, in the centre of the north coast of New Guinea..."

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(M. Donohue)

DATE OF INFO: 1999

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Papua Province, east of Jayapura, north coast border area, Tami river mouth, Sko-Yambe, Sko-Mabu, and Sko-Sai villages."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
350
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
population estimate from Galis (1955)

DATE OF INFO: 1955

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sko-Jambo, Sko-Mabo, and Sko-Sai villages

			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)														-2.64, 140.90
			2004	A grammar of the Skou language of New Guinea						Donohue, Mark		700	<700		100-999	"There are approximately 700 members of the ethnic group that speaks the language..."	Indonesian/Papuan Malay	"[I]t is unlikely that a casual visitor will hear any Skou spoken: almost all members of the villages, the only exceptions being some particularly old men and especially women, are competently bilingual."	Threatened (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	"Although children attending school do not speak the language, it is apparent that they do understand it, as they are frequently addressed in it by their parents and other elders."	13	Indonesia	Papua Province: "The language is spoken with minimal dialectal variation by the inhabitants of three villages, Skou Yambe, Skou Mabo and Skou Sai, in the centre of the north coast of New Guinea..."
	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.		700	1999	100-999	(M. Donohue)	Indonesian [ind], Papuan Malay [pmy], Vanimo [vam], Wutung [wut]		Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10			Indonesia	"Papua Province, east of Jayapura, north coast border area, Tami river mouth, Sko-Yambe, Sko-Mabu, and Sko-Sai villages."
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.			350	1955	100-999	population estimate from Galis (1955)			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Indonesia	Sko-Jambo, Sko-Mabo, and Sko-Sai villages

Skou

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<700

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

350

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