Endangered Languages Project - Salas

Salas

^{[aka Liambata, Lenkaitahe, Salas Gunung]}

Classification: Austronesian

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Liambata, Lenkaitahe, Salas Gunung
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central Maluku, East Seram
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sgu
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
50
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1989).

PLACES: Indonesia;

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1982

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Most use the Masiwang language of the area as second language and they are shifting to it.
More on Orthography: No literacy in it.

PLACES: Indonesia: Maluku

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the Waru Bay area, southeastern Seram Island.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

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