Endangered Languages Project - Baras

Baras

^{[aka Ende, ToriBara]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ende, ToriBara
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Kaili-Pamona
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		brs; bara1371
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Possibly a dialect of Inde (Da'a)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing

Endangered

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

Endangered

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

Severely endangered

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

DATE OF INFO: 1987

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

MORE ON VITALITY

Some of its speakers think that the language will die out.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

some negative

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kaili
Indonesian

More on Orthography

No literacy in it.

PLACES: Indonesia: Sulawesi Province

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sulawesi, near the northwestern coast of the main geographical bulk of Sulawesi, between the Lariang and Budong-Budong Rivers.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1987). The language is spoken in "50 households."

PLACES: Indonesia;

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing