Endangered Languages Project - Waru

Waru

^{[aka Mopute, Mapute,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Mopute, Mapute
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Celebic, Bungku-Tolaki
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		wru
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Lalomerui Waru
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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
350
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (1991 SIL)

PLACES: Indonesia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
350
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1991

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Under pressure from larger neighbouring languages and Indonesian.
More on Orthography: No literacy night.

PLACES: Indonesia: Sulawesi

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the hinterland of the northern part of the east coast of the southeastern peninsula of Sulawesi, not far from Bungku town.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
350
Native speakers worldwide

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