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ALSO KNOWN AS		Tate, Raepa Tati, Tati, Lorabada, Lou, Raepa-Tati
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, Pacific
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tbd
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
510
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,275
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2000 census.

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
266
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1993, 310 speakers were reported. More recent estimates mention 266.

MORE ON VITALITY

The speakers are bilingual in the very large Toaripi language whose speakers surround them, and the language is under pressure from it.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Toaripi

More on Orthography

There is no literacy in the language.

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Coastal eastern part of the Gulf Province. Spoken southeast of Kerema.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
266
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
512
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		266		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				-7.9653,145.7858
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.												-8.0,145.833333333
		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.			266		100-999	In 1993, 310 speakers were reported. More recent estimates mention 266.	Toaripi	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	The speakers are bilingual in the very large Toaripi language whose speakers surround them, and the language is under pressure from it.	Papua New Guinea	Coastal eastern part of the Gulf Province. Spoken southeast of Kerema.
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			512		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	1,275	510	2000	100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2000 census.		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Papua New Guinea;

Kaki Ae

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Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

510

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

266

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

266

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

512

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Kaki Ae

Language metadata

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Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

510

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

266

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

266

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

512

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