Endangered Languages Project - Lola

Lola

^{[aka Aru,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Aru
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Aru
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lcd
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Lola Warabal
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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
830
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
830 (1995 SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 1995

PLACES: Indonesia;

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
830
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1995

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: In one of the three villages, language use is quite vigorous. In another one, young people are beginning to use Ambon Malay among themselves. In the third, there are many non- Aru people, and Ambon Malay is commonly used.

PLACES: Indonesia: Southeast Maluku

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in three villages on three islands east of Kobroor and Baun Islands in the Aru Islands, to the south of the neck portion of the Bird’s Head Peninsula of Irian Jaya

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
830
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
830
Native speakers worldwide

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