Skou
[aka Sekol, Sekou, Səkou]Classification: Sko
·threatened
Classification: Sko
·threatened
Sekol, Sekou, Səkou, Sko, Skouw, Skow, Sukou, Te Mawo, Tumawo, Nuclear Skou, Te Máwo pílang nè ne |
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Information from: “A grammar of the Skou language of New Guinea” . Donohue, Mark (2004)
700
"There are approximately 700 members of the ethnic group that speaks the language..."
"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."
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."
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..."
Information from: “Sepik languages: checklist and preliminary classification” . Laycock, Donald C. (1973) , Wurm, Stephen A. · Australian National University, Research School of Pacific Studies, Department of Linguistics
population estimate from Galis (1955)
Sko-Jambo, Sko-Mabo, and Sko-Sai villages
Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
Indonesian [ind]
Papuan Malay [pmy]
Vanimo [vam]
Wutung [wut]
"Papua Province, east of Jayapura, north coast border area, Tami river mouth, Sko-Yambe, Sko-Mabu, and Sko-Sai villages."