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CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		spi
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).

PLACES: Indonesia;

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1987

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

It is moribund, possibly extinct.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Rasawa
Indonesian

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

he language is under pressure from larger related languages of the area such as the related Rasawa, and of Indonesian.

More on Orthography

No literacy in it.

PLACES: Indonesia: Irian Jaya

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in a village inland from the central part of the eastern coast of Cenderawasih Bay.

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4
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	4		1-9				Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						-2.4025,136.5037
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	<10	1987	1-9		Rasawa, Indonesian	he language is under pressure from larger related languages of the area such as the related Rasawa, and of Indonesian.	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	It is moribund, possibly extinct.	15	Indonesia: Irian Jaya	Spoken in a village inland from the central part of the eastern coast of Cenderawasih Bay.
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		4		1-9				Critically Endangered (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	4		1-9	Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).			Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Indonesia;

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Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

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Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4

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