Endangered Languages Project - Lisela

Lisela

^{[aka Buru, North Buru, Li Enyorot]}

Classification: Austronesian

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Buru, North Buru, Li Enyorot, Liet Enjorot, Wayapo
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, West Central Maluku
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lcl
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Tagalisa Lisela
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
11,900
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
11,900 (1989 SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 1989

PLACES: Indonesia;

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
11,900
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1989

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Language use is not vigorous, and a shift to Ambon Malay is in process.
More on Orthography: No literacy in it.

PLACES: Indonesia: Maluku Province

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on northern and east- ern coastal strips of the large Buru Island.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
11,922
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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