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ALSO KNOWN AS		Neukaledonien
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, New Caledonian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bwa
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Information from: “Bwatoo: et les dialectes de la région de Koné (Nouvelle-Calédonie)” . Jean-Claude Rivierre (2006) Paris: Peeters

Endangered

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

DOMAINS OF USE

PLACES: New Caledonia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Koné region on the south central coast. Villages of Oundjo and Népou.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
878
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1982).

PLACES: New Caledonia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
300 speakers reported in 1982. Today their number is somewhat less.

DATE OF INFO: 1982

MORE ON VITALITY

Children are beginning to not learn the language.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Ajie¨
Paicı
French

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Language under pressure from neighboring Ajie¨and Paicı, and from French

More on Orthography

No literacy in language

PLACES: New Caledonia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: A third of the length of New Caledonia from its northwestern end, on the southwestern coast at Oundjo, and further south near Poya.

Endangered

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

3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	878		100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					-20.9665,164.7866
	2006	Bwatoo: et les dialectes de la région de Koné (Nouvelle-Calédonie)				Paris: Peeters			Jean-Claude Rivierre	Jean-Claude Rivierre. 2006. "Bwatoo: Et Les Dialectes De La Région De Koné (Nouvelle-Calédonie)." Paris: Peeters.		300		100-999				Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		13	New Caledonia	Koné region on the south central coast. Villages of Oundjo and Népou.	-21.039, 164.697; -21.355, 165.097
	2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages	425-578	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Stephen A. Wurm	Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 425-578. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	300	1982	100-999	300 speakers reported in 1982. Today their number is somewhat less.	Ajie¨, Paicı, French	Language under pressure from neighboring Ajie¨and Paicı, and from French	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Children are beginning to not learn the language.		New Caledonia	A third of the length of New Caledonia from its northwestern end, on the southwestern coast at Oundjo, and further south near Poya.
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		300		100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	300		100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1982).			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			New Caledonia;

Bwatoo

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Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

878

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

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Bwatoo

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

878

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

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