Endangered Languages Project - Önge

Önge

^{[aka Ong, Onge]}

Classification: South Andamanese

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ong, Onge
CLASSIFICATION		South Andamanese
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		oon
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Endangered Languages of the Andaman Islands” . Anvita Abbi (2006) München: Lincom

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
94
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
94
CHILDREN
35
OLDER ADULTS
58

DATE OF INFO: 2002

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Andaman Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Little Andaman Island

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "There are two settlements of Onge on the island since 1976. One is known as the Dugong Creek settlement and the other is known as the South Bay settlement. The majority of them live in the forest reserve area of Dugoing Creek."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
96
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

"Since most are monolingual, perhaps it should be re-classified as endangered."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press