Endangered Languages Project - Kuku-Uwanh

Kuku-Uwanh

^{[aka Kugu-Uwanh, Kugu Nganhcara]}

Classification: Pama-Nyungan

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Kugu-Uwanh, Kugu Nganhcara
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Paman
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		uwa
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2007) Routledge

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<40
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1981, forty speakers were reported. Today there are much fewer."

DATE OF INFO: 1981

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"The language is under pressure from the closely related large lingua franca Wik Mungkan, its northern neighbour."

PLACES: Australia: Northern Queensland, west coast of Cape York Peninsula, south of Arukun.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Wurm and Hattori (1981).

PLACES: Australia;

Severely endangered

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

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

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

DATE OF INFO: 1981

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