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CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea, Raja Ampat-South Halmahera
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		asz; asss1237
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Information from: “Four undocumented languages of Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia” . Laura Arnold (2020) , Peter K. Austin · ELPublishing

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5-6
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
45
SEMI SPEAKERS
2

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

As is now moribund.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Papuan Malay is the dominant language of the community. The middle-aged generation keenly want to produce legacy materials of their language, including a dictionary, before it becomes extinct.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Papuan Malay
Klin variety of Moi

PLACES: Spoken on the north coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula, New Guinea, Indonesia.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
230
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
230
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1988

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Indonesia: Irian Jaya

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on the north coast of the Western Bird’s Head Peninsula.

			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		230		100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							-.736,131.7727
ISSN: 1740-6234	Language Snapshots	July		2020	Four undocumented languages of Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia			Peter K. Austin	ELPublishing	Language Documentation and Description	17		http://www.elpublishing.org/docs/1/17/ldd17_02.pdf	Laura Arnold	Arnold, Laura. 2020. Four undocumented languages of Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesia. In Peter K. Austin (ed.) Language Documentation and Description 17, 25-43. London: EL Publishing. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/180		45	5-6		1-9	2	Papuan Malay, Klin variety of Moi	Papuan Malay is the dominant language of the community. The middle-aged generation keenly want to produce legacy materials of their language, including a dictionary, before it becomes extinct.	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	As is now moribund.	15	15	Spoken on the north coast of the Bird's Head Peninsula, New Guinea, Indonesia.		-0.742007,131.683156
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		250	1988	100-999		Abun, Moi, Indonesia		Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				12	Indonesia: Irian Jaya	Spoken on the north coast of the Western Bird’s Head Peninsula.
					World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			230		100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

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Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5-6

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

230

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

230

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

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Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5-6

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

230

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

230

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

250

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