Endangered Languages Project - Tandia

Tandia

Classification: Austronesian

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critically endangered

CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, South Halmahera-West New Guinea
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tni
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

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (1991 SIL)

PLACES: Indonesia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Bird’s Head neck area just south of Wandamen Peninsula, Wohsimi River

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
ELDERS
2

DATE OF INFO: 1991

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Had two elderly speakers in 1991, but is now probably extinct with the speakers shifting to the Wandamen language.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Wandamen

PLACES: Indonesia: Irian Jaya

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Bird’s Head neck area just south of Wandamen Peninsula.

Critically endangered

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

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

-2.8552,134.522

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