Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Faita
CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Madang
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		faj
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Compare Sources (5)

Information from: “Personal Communication” . Don Daniels (2014)

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
All speakers are fairly old. Children are not learning the language.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is declining rapidly.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000 (Wurm)

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
57
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~50
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1981, fifty-seven speakers were reported. There are still fifty or more speakers today.

MORE ON VITALITY

The language is under pressure from large related neighbouring languages such as Usino, and of Tok Pisin, the Papua New Guinea national language.

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Madang Province. Spoken on the Upper Ramu River, near Usino.

May		2014	Personal Communication							Don Daniels	Don Daniels. 2014. "Personal Communication."		10		10-99	All speakers are fairly old. Children are not learning the language.	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	The number of speakers is declining rapidly.	15
	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	57		10-99		Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						-5.657,145.5001
		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.		~50		10-99	In 1981, fifty-seven speakers were reported. There are still fifty or more speakers today.	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		The language is under pressure from large related neighbouring languages such as Usino, and of Tok Pisin, the Papua New Guinea national language.		Papua New Guinea	Madang Province. Spoken on the Upper Ramu River, near Usino.
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		50		10-99		Severely 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	50	2000 (Wurm)	10-99		Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea;

Kursav

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

57

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~50

Discussion

Kursav

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

57

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~50

Discussion

Suggest information or improvement

Download language data

Sources of information

Compare Sources