Endangered Languages Project - Turaka

Turaka

Classification: Trans-New Guinea

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severely endangered

CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Dagan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		trh
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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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
25
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (S. Wurm 2000)

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Milne Bay Province, southwest of Radarada and Ruaba

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
35
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~30
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1981, thirty-five speakers were reported. There are still about thirty speakers now.

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The language is under pressure from large neighbouring related languages, especially the Daga language.

More on Orthography

No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Milne Bay Province. Spoken inland, west of the central coast of Goodenough Bay, on the southernmost arm of the Ruaba River, a few kilometres south of Ruaba.

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