Endangered Languages Project - Gebe

Gebe

^{[aka Gebi,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Gebi
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		gei; gebe1237
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Umera
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

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-3,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1983

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Mining operations started in the lan- guage area which led to more schooling of the children and increasing use of Indo- nesian and bilingualism in it.
More on Orthography: No literacy in it.

PLACES: Indonesia: North Maluku Province

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on Gebe Island and the two nearby smaller islands of Yu (or Yoi’umiyal) and Gag, lying between South Halmahera and Waigeo Island (which belongs to Irian Jaya).

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,650
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Indonesia;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,651
Native speakers worldwide

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