Lauje
[también conocido como Laudje, Tinombo, Ampibabo-Lauje]Clasificación: Austronesian
·con amenaza de extinción
- TENDENCIAS DE HABLANTES
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- MÁS SOBRE LA VITALIDAD
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There is less tendency to language shift than in other provincial capitals.
- OTRAS LENGUAS UTILIZADAS POR LA COMUNIDAD
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Indonesian
- COMENTARIOS SOBRE CONTEXTO DE LA LENGUA
Only the children who receive their primary school instructions in Indonesian constitute a possible threat to the language, which may therefore be potentially endangered.
- Ortografía
There is some literacy in it.
- LUGARES
- Indonesia: Sulawesi Province
- DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN
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.
- COMENTARIOS ADICIONALES
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.