Endangered Languages Project - Löyöp

Löyöp

^{[aka Lehalurup, Ureparapara, East Ureparapara]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lehalurup, Ureparapara, East Ureparapara, Banks-Inseln
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Northern Vanuatu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		urr
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “The endangered languages of Vanuatu” . Darrell Tryon (2010) , Gunter Senft · Pacific Linguistics

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Ureparapara: Lehalurup

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Population moved to Ureparapara in 1958 following seismic activity which rendered the Reef Islands uninhabitable."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from A. Francois (2007).

PLACES: Vanuatu;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
90
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
250
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~100
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
30
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Mean age of children is 8.

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: pressure from the larger Vatrata language
More on Orthography: No literacy in language

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Ureparapara Island, Banks Islands

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
240
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Ureparapara, Banks Islands.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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