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ALSO KNOWN AS		Somahai, Somage, Sumohai
CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Somahai
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mqf
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
2,000 monolinguals. Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).

PLACES: Indonesia;

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1987, 2,700 speakers were reported, but latest estimates speak of only 2,000.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

MORE ON VITALITY

Traditional lingua franca of the area. However, it has been losing its contact language status to Indonesian and is under pressure from it.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Dani
Indonesian

More on Orthography

5-15%% percent literacy.

PLACES: Indonesia: Irian Jaya

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the lowlands just south of the main ranges in eastern central Irian Jaya, on the middle Vriendschap River and on the Catalina (Eilanden) River.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
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	2,000	1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					-5,139
0199255911			2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.											-4.83333333333,139.25
070071197X	3	1	2007	Australia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	424-557		Routledge	Abingdon		Stephen A Wurm	Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	2,000	1000-9999	In 1987, 2,700 speakers were reported, but latest estimates speak of only 2,000.	Dani, Indonesian	Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Traditional lingua franca of the area. However, it has been losing its contact language status to Indonesian and is under pressure from it.	12	Indonesia: Irian Jaya	Spoken in the lowlands just south of the main ranges in eastern central Irian Jaya, on the middle Vriendschap River and on the Catalina (Eilanden) River.
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		2,000	1000-9999			Threatened (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	2,000	1000-9999	2,000 monolinguals. Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Indonesia;

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2,000

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2,000

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2,000

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