Endangered Languages Project - Taikat

Taikat

^{[aka Tajkat, Arso, Abrap]}

Classification: Border

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tajkat, Arso, Abrap, Marap, Taigat
CLASSIFICATION		Border, Taikat
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		aos
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<600?
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1978, 600 speakers were reported. There are probably fewer now.

DATE OF INFO: 1978

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The language is under pressure from Indonesian because of its nearness to Arso, and to the capital Jayapura. Especially the children are under strong pressure from Indonesian.
More on Orthography: No literacy.

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken about 50km south of Jayapura on the Upper Tami River around Arso town near the Papua New Guinea border.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
800
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1961

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: 12 villages: Arso, Bagia, Bate, Birne?, Girere, Girwago, Gwimi, Kwana, Sagware, Sawiatami, Wambes, and Wor.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Wurm 2000)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Papua Province, due south of Jayapura, northeast border area."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
Native speakers worldwide

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