Endangered Languages Project - Ujir

Ujir

^{[aka Udjir, Aru,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Udjir, Aru
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Aru
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		udj
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MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
980
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (J. Hughes 1995)

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Use declining in Ujir because Malay used increasingly by outsiders. Use reportedly less in Samang than in Ujir

PLACES: Indonesia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: South Maluku, northwest Aru Islands, Ujir on Ujir Island, Samang on Wokam Island west peninsula tip

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
975
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1995

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Their number is decreasing, and language use is declining because of the influence of Malay used by an increasing number of outsiders.
More on Orthography: No literacy in it.

PLACES: Indonesia: South Maluku, Aru Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on Ujir Island in the northwest corner of the Aru Islands, and on the end of the western peninsula on Wokam Island there.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
975
Native speakers worldwide

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