Endangered Languages Project - Bangka

Bangka

^{[aka Lom, Belom, Mapor]}

Classification: Austronesian

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lom, Belom, Mapor, Maporese
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Malayic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mfb
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Urban North Central South Lom
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge

Critically endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Contradictory reports say that there are still about fifty speakers, whereas others say that it is possibly extinct. In any case, it is at least seriously endangered or moribund, or possibly extinct.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

PLACES: Indonesia: Sumatra

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sumatra, on northeast Bangka Island, Belinyu District.

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
340,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Indonesia;

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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Information from: “LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)” . Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie (2012)