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ALSO KNOWN AS		Magabara
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Western Oceanic, Papuan Tip, Are-Taupota
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		dgg; doga1238
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Information from: “Land-Language Link” (351-380) . M. Lynn Landweer (2010) , Kenneth A. McElhanon, Ger Reesink · SIL International

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
120
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
257
SEMI SPEAKERS
16

DATE OF INFO: 2001

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

54.1% of the Doga population are children & youth, and only 39.5% of them prioritize the language. More than half the Doga population live among host communities who speak other languages, and only 28.5% of them continue to speak Doga.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

As a migratory people, the Doga are experts at fitting in to host communities, and value assimilation over unique identity.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Tok Pisin
Anuki

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Migration, shifting from fishing to gardening, land insecurity, and exogamous marriages are affecting the vitality of Doga.

PLACES: Spoken along the north coast of Cape Vogel Peninsula, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The Doga people are traditionally nomadic, so the language has been spoken outside this region.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
330
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

Endangered

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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Today there may be fewer speakers.

DATE OF INFO: 1975

MORE ON VITALITY

English and Tok Pisin exert pressure on the language.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English
Tok Pisin
Anuki

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Most young people are literate in English or another language.

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Milne Bay Province. Spoken on the northern coast of Cape Vogel.

Endangered

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

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		200		100-999							Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							-9.6278,149.8384
	19	2010	Land-Language Link	A Mosaic of Languages and Cultures: Studies Celebrating the Career of Karl J. Franklin	351-380	Kenneth A. McElhanon, Ger Reesink	ebook	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.sil.org/silepubs/abstract.asp?id=52526	M. Lynn Landweer			257	120	2001	100-999		16	Tok Pisin, Anuki	As a migratory people, the Doga are experts at fitting in to host communities, and value assimilation over unique identity.	Migration, shifting from fishing to gardening, land insecurity, and exogamous marriages are affecting the vitality of Doga.		Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	54.1% of the Doga population are children & youth, and only 39.5% of them prioritize the language. More than half the Doga population live among host communities who speak other languages, and only 28.5% of them continue to speak Doga.	14	14	Spoken along the north coast of Cape Vogel Peninsula, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The Doga people are traditionally nomadic, so the language has been spoken outside this region.		-9.64,149.84
		2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	425-577	Christopher Moseley		Routledge	London and New York		Stephen Wurm	Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.			200	1975	100-999	Today there may be fewer speakers.		English, Tok Pisin, Anuki		Most young people are literate in English or another language.	Over 60 per cent of the young people know English.	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		English and Tok Pisin exert pressure on the language.			Papua New Guinea	Milne Bay Province. Spoken on the northern coast of Cape Vogel.
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			200		100-999							Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	330	200		100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).						Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Papua New Guinea;

Doga

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Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

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Doga

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

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