Endangered Languages Project - Tenis

Tenis

^{[aka Tench,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tench
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, St. Matthias
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tns
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

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (2000 S. Wurm)

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: New Ireland Province, Tench Island

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~40
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1972, forty-nine speakers were reported. There still may be about forty speakers.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

MORE ON VITALITY

All are highly bilingual in Mussau-Emira, which puts pressure on it, with speakers shifting to it.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Mussau-Emira

More on Orthography

No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: New Ireland Province, Tench Island.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
49
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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