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CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Ok
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tkx
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Information from: “Upper Digul Survey” . Hughes, Jock (2009)

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<102
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The village population was reported to be 102, composed of 32 families.

DATE OF INFO: 2000

DOMAINS OF USE
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "The Senggaop people spoke Indonesian poorly, with influence from the phonology of their language ... outsiders who live in their village do not have to know Indonesian, but rather learn Tangko."
Scripts (Writing system): none
More on Orthography: "The language has never been written. When asked if they would like to have the language written, one respondent said that he would like to learn to read and write Tangko."

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Kawemaot (Kawe) village, "on the Sauw or Kawit River far north of Gaguop", Merauke Regency, Papua Province

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Papua Province, west of Nakai [nkj] language area, Kawemaot village."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
85
Native speakers worldwide

		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		85		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas		http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		100	2000	100-999	(SIL)		Indonesian [ind], Papuan Malay [pmy]		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Indonesia	"Papua Province, west of Nakai [nkj] language area, Kawemaot village."
		Glottolog						http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.													-5.13, 140.27
	2009	Upper Digul Survey	SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2009-003				SIL International		Hughes, Jock	Jock Hughes. 2009. "Upper Digul Survey."	HHOLD	<102	2000	10-99	The village population was reported to be 102, composed of 32 families.	meetings with government officials	Indonesian	"The Senggaop people spoke Indonesian poorly, with influence from the phonology of their language ... outsiders who live in their village do not have to know Indonesian, but rather learn Tangko."	Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Indonesia	Kawemaot (Kawe) village, "on the Sauw or Kawit River far north of Gaguop", Merauke Regency, Papua Province

Tangko

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Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<102

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

85

Discussion

Tangko

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<102

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

85

Discussion

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