Lauje
[aka Laudje, Tinombo, Ampibabo-Lauje]Classification: Austronesian
·threatened
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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There is less tendency to language shift than in other provincial capitals.
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Indonesian
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
Only the children who receive their primary school instructions in Indonesian constitute a possible threat to the language, which may therefore be potentially endangered.
- More on Orthography
There is some literacy in it.
- PLACES
- Indonesia: Sulawesi Province
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
The northern third of the narrow neck linking the northeastern peninsula of Sulawesi to the bulk of Sulawesi, in the area around Tinombo on the eastern coast.
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
The Lauje live on the coast, in the middle hills, and the inner hills. The coastal villages are overcrowded and relatively poor. Steep mountains are very close to the coast, leaving little land for rice fields and gardens, and no incentive for immigrants. In Tinombo, 60 per cent of the population is Lauje, with strong Kaili and Gorontalo communities. Coastal Lauje interact regularly with middle hill Lauje among whom they have rela- tives, speaking only Lauje on these occasions. There is no space for the resettlement projects close to the coast for the inner hill Lauje which also contributes to the maintenance of Lauje.