• En grave peligro de extinción

  100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• ~150

  Hablantes nativos en todo el mundo

FECHA DE INFORMACIÓN

2020

DOMINIOS DE USO

TENDENCIAS DE HABLANTES

TRANSMISIÓN

MÁS SOBRE LA VITALIDAD

Batta is used on a daily basis by those born before 1980.

ACTITUD DEL HABLANTE

Batta speakers are enthusiastic about collaborating on documentation of their language. No one alive knows how to sing the traditional Batta 'wor' songs anymore.

OTRAS LENGUAS UTILIZADAS POR LA COMUNIDAD

• Papuan Malay

• Biak

COMENTARIOS SOBRE CONTEXTO DE LA LENGUA

About half of their neighbors speak Biak due to migration and intermarriage.

LUGARES

Spoken in the villages of Yenenas, Weyman, and Wailebet on the south coast of Batanta Island off the western tip of Bird's Head Island, West Papua Province, Indonesia