Endangered Languages Project - Kapori

Kapori

^{[aka Kapauri]}

Classification: Isolate

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Kapauri
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		khp
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Some question this language's classification.

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Information from: “The status of the least documented language families in the world” (177-212) . Hammarström, Harald (2010)

Vulnerable

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

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Transmission of the language from older generations to younger generations is regular.

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1978

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Indonesia: Irian Jaya

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in one village on the upper Idenburg River, in the northeastern inland part of Irian Jaya.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
200 (2006 SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Indonesia;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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