• Endangered

  40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• a few hundred?

  Native speakers worldwide
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

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

DATE OF INFO

2000

DOMAINS OF USE

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Indonesian [ind]

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"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."

Scripts (Writing system)

none

More on Orthography

"The language has never been written."

PLACES

Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

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

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS

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.

• Endangered

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 700

  Native speakers worldwide
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  (1999 M. Donohue)

DATE OF INFO

1999

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• ndonesian [ind]

• Papuan Malay [pmy]

PLACES

Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

"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]."