Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Sapalewa, Patasiwa Alfoeren
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, Nunusaku
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		alp
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kairatu North Coastal Alune Central West Alune South Alune Central East Alune
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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
12,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
17,243
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
13,000-15,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1987

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

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The speakers in the interior who are the majority, use the language daily. In the coastal areas, usage is not vigorous.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Ambon Malay
Indonesian

More on Orthography

Literacy in it is extant.

PLACES: Indonesia: Maluku Province

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken inland and on the northern, northwestern and southwestern coasts of West Seram Island. The largest language in West Seram.

MORE ON VITALITY

There is an increasing shift to Ambonese Malay/Indonesian.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
17,200
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Indonesia;

			2012	Personal Communication							I Wayan Arka								There is an increasing shift to Ambonese Malay/Indonesian.
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	12,000		10000-99999		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					-3.0637,128.3752
070071197X	3	1	2007	Australia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	424-557		Routledge	Abingdon		Stephen A Wurm	Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	13,000-15,000	1987	10000-99999	Ambon Malay, Indonesian	Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	The speakers in the interior who are the majority, use the language daily. In the coastal areas, usage is not vigorous.	12	Indonesia: Maluku Province	Spoken inland and on the northern, northwestern and southwestern coasts of West Seram Island. The largest language in West Seram.
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		17,243		10000-99999		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	17,200	2000	10000-99999		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Indonesia;

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Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17,243

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

13,000-15,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17,200

Discussion

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Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

12,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17,243

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

13,000-15,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

17,200

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