Endangered Languages Project

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~50
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speakers are middle-aged and older. Children are not learning the language.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Z’Graggen (1975).

May		2014	Personal Communication					Don Daniels	Don Daniels. 2014. "Personal Communication."		~50	10-99	Speakers are middle-aged and older. Children are not learning the language.	Severely Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13
			World Oral Literature Project				http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		150	100-999		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			Glottolog				http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.								-4.94, 144.88
	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	150	100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from Z’Graggen (1975).	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Papua New Guinea;

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