Endangered Languages Project - Fagani

Fagani

^{[aka Faghani, Südliche Salomons-Inseln,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Faghani, Südliche Salomons-Inseln
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		faf
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Agufi Rihu'a Fagani
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
900
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1999

PLACES: Solomon Islands;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1981, 300 speakers were reported. There may be 200–250 today.

DATE OF INFO: 1981

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Widespread bilingualism in the lingua franca Roviana puts some pressure on Faghani and children switch to it.
More on Orthography: Fair amount of literacy in language

PLACES: Solomon Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northwestern part of San Cristobal (Makira) Island

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
902
Native speakers worldwide

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