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ALSO KNOWN AS		Jajao, Kilokaka
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Meso Melanesian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		jaj
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Information from: “Personal Communication” . Bill Palmer (2014)

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Current situation unknown. Appears to have formerly been the language of Kilokaka village. However, Kilokaka is now a Blablanga speaking community due to encroachment of that neighboring language. A wordlist collected at the beginning of the 20th century (Napu 1953) seems to be a different language to Blablanga, and a list collected in the 1960s or 1970s (Tryon & Hackman) also appears different to north coast Blablanga, but less so. Ethnologue gives a figure of 10 speakers in 1999 which is plausible. Kilokaka is now Blablanga speaking, but it is possible a very small number of speakers may remain.

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TRANSMISSION

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
166
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
More on Orthography: no literacy in this language

PLACES: Solomon Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: central southwestern coast of Santa Isabel Island

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data on speaker number: SIL 1999

DATE OF INFO: 1999

PLACES: Solomon Islands;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
166
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	166		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						-8.1832,159.2269
	2014	Personal Communication							Bill Palmer	Bill Palmer. 2014. "Personal Communication."					Current situation unknown. Appears to have formerly been the language of Kilokaka village. However, Kilokaka is now a Blablanga speaking community due to encroachment of that neighboring language. A wordlist collected at the beginning of the 20th century (Napu 1953) seems to be a different language to Blablanga, and a list collected in the 1960s or 1970s (Tryon & Hackman) also appears different to north coast Blablanga, but less so. Ethnologue gives a figure of 10 speakers in 1999 which is plausible. Kilokaka is now Blablanga speaking, but it is possible a very small number of speakers may remain.		Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	15	15
	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.		166		100-999		Cheke Holo (or Maringhe) and the Zabana (or Kia) languages	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Solomon Islands	central southwestern coast of Santa Isabel Island
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		10		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	10	1999	10-99	Data on speaker number: SIL 1999		Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Solomon Islands;

Zazao

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Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

166

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

166

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Zazao

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

166

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

166

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