• Sicher gefährdet

  40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• a few hundred?

  Muttersprachler weltweit
• MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER

  Burunggop village was reported to have 306 inhabitants; there are, however, other (smaller?) villages that speak this language as well.

DATUM DER INFORMATION

2000

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

• Indonesian [ind]

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

"The people reported that they used Nakai for all domestic uses, and although they said they use Indonesian for church, they also said they do not have a church. This is perhaps what they think would be spoken if they did have services."

Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)

none

Rechtschreibung

"The language has never been written."

ORTE

Indonesia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG

The upper Digul River area in Merauke Regency, in southern Papua Province: Burunggop village

WEITERE KOMMENTARE

Two conflicting lists are also given of other villages that speak Nakai: 1) Kurlopka, Anipka, Oropa, Aitawop, and
Kumeka; 2) Tarkop (Awinbon?), Kawor, Mirop, and Migir.

• Sicher gefährdet

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 700

  Muttersprachler weltweit
• MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER

  (1999 M. Donohue)

DATUM DER INFORMATION

1999

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

• ndonesian [ind]

• Papuan Malay [pmy]

ORTE

Indonesia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG

"Papua Province, east of upper Digul river, Awimbom village in the center of 5 other villages extending toward Ok Sibil northeast, and southwest toward Iwur [iwo]."