Endangered Languages Project - Kadai

Kadai

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, West Central Maluku, Buru-Sula-Taliabo
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		kzd; kada1286
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
350
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1982

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: There is extensive logging in the language area and the government is resettling the speakers along the coast, disrupting the speech community.

PLACES: Indonesia: North Maluku, Sula Islands, Taliabu Island.

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the interior mountainous area of Taliabu Island and possibly also of Mangole (Sulabesi) Island.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
350
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Indonesia;

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