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ALSO KNOWN AS		Palue, Lu'a, Paluqe
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, West Flores
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ple
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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
10,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
10,000 ( Grimes, Therik, Grimes, Jacob 1997).

DATE OF INFO: 1997

PLACES: Indonesia;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1981

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

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In 1981, 3,000 speakers of Palu’e were reported, but there has been a strong earthquake on the island which caused the population to scatter on parts of Flores Island, which affected the language badly. It is now endangered.

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No literacy in it.

PLACES: Indonesia: Nusa Tenggara, Flores Island

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on Palu Island, north of central Flores Island. It is on the borderline of being a separate language or an aberrant dialect of the large Li’o language spoken on the coast opposite it.

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Marginalised

			2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)						Institute for Language Information and Technology	Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.											-8.326781,121.718478
				World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		10,000		10000-99999		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			2012	Personal Communication									I Wayan Arka								Marginalised
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	3,000	1981	1000-9999		Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	In 1981, 3,000 speakers of Palu’e were reported, but there has been a strong earthquake on the island which caused the population to scatter on parts of Flores Island, which affected the language badly. It is now endangered.	13	Indonesia: Nusa Tenggara, Flores Island	Spoken on Palu Island, north of central Flores Island. It is on the borderline of being a separate language or an aberrant dialect of the large Li’o language spoken on the coast opposite it.
		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	10,000	1997	1000-9999	10,000 ( Grimes, Therik, Grimes, Jacob 1997).	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Indonesia;

Palu'e

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

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Palu'e

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

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