Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).
PLACES
Indonesia;
Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge
Endangered
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
DATE OF INFO
1993
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Maya
Indonesian
More on Orthography
No literacy in it.
PLACES
Indonesia: Irian Jaya
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Spoken on Waigeo Island (in the Raja Ampat Islands, northwest of the western end of the Bird’s Head Peninsula), in the northwest and on the south coast of the island.
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
300
Information from: “World Oral Literature Project” .
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available