Endangered Languages Project - Waritai

Waritai

^{[aka Weretai, Wari,]}

Classification: Lakes Plain

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Weretai, Wari
CLASSIFICATION		Lakes Plain
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wbe
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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
150
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (S. Wurm 2000)

PLACES: Indonesia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Lakes Plain area around Taiyeve

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50-75
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are conflicting reports of the number of its speakers, which range from 50–75 to about 300.

DATE OF INFO: 1993

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The language is under pressure from Indonesian, especially the children.
More on Orthography: No literacy in it.

PLACES: Indonesia: Irian Jaya

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on the Lakes Plain near Taive, on a southern tributary of the lower Idenburg River which joins the latter about 10km east of where the Rouffaer River joins the Idenburg River.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide

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