Afra
[aka Usku]Classification: Isolate
·threatened
Classification: Isolate
·threatened
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Information from: “The status of the least documented language families in the world” (177-212) . Hammarström, Harald (2010)
The younger generation is just as strong in Indonesian as it is in Afra, which points to a weakening of the vernacular.
Indonesian
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Papua: South of Jayapura, Usku village; west of Namla [naa], south of Molof [msl] areas
Information from: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge
160
Information concerning the number of speakers is contradictory, and ranges from 160 (1991, which may be the ethnic group or the population of the village), to as low as twenty.
Indonesian
The language seems to be under great pressure from Indonesian, and is considered to be seriously endangered by Indonesian linguists.
No literacy in it.
Spoken in a village about 50km south of Jayapura.
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Isbn | Series | Month | Edition | Num | Year | Title | Booktitle | Pages | Note | Editor | Howpublished | Publisher | Journal | Volume | Address | Institution | Chapter | Translator | School | Url | Author | Free Text Citation | Copied From | Older Adults | Ethnic Population | Young Adults | Private Comment | Speaker Number Text | Date Of Info | Speaker Number | Public Comment | Semi Speakers | Elders | Second Language Speakers | Domains Other Langs | Other Languages Used | Private Comment | Government Support | Speaker Attitude | Public Comment | Institutional Support | Number Speaker Other Languages | Endangerment Level | Transmission | Private Comment | Public Comment | Domains Of Use | Speaker Number Trends | Private Comment | Public Comment | Places | Description | Coordinates |
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SOURCE: “Australia and the Pacific” (424-557) . Stephen A Wurm (2007) Routledge |
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 | 20 | 10-99 | Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | -3.5449,140.7499 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | The status of the least documented language families in the world | 177-212 | Language Documentation and Conservation | 4 | http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4478/hammarstrom.pdf;jsessionid=76414DD90F95DF076959B1AEB0158091?sequence=1 | Hammarström, Harald | Harald Hammarström. 2010. "The Status of the Least Documented Language Families in the World." In Language Documentation and Conservation, 4: 177-212. Online: http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4478/hammarstrom.pdf;jsessionid=76414DD90F95DF076959B1AEB0158091?sequence=1. | ~115 | 100-999 | Indonesian | Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | 11 | The younger generation is just as strong in Indonesian as it is in Afra, which points to a weakening of the vernacular. | Indonesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 160 | 20 | 1991 | 100-999 | Information concerning the number of speakers is contradictory, and ranges from 160 (1991, which may be the ethnic group or the population of the village), to as low as twenty. | Indonesian | The language seems to be under great pressure from Indonesian, and is considered to be seriously endangered by Indonesian linguists. | Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | 13 | Indonesia: Irian Jaya | Spoken in a village about 50km south of Jayapura. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Oral Literature Project | http://www.oralliterature.org | "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org. | 20 | 10-99 | Severely 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 | 110 | 100-999 | Speaker number data: (2004 SIL) | Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | Indonesia; | Papua: South of Jayapura, Usku village; west of Namla [naa], south of Molof [msl] areas |