• Bedroht

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 1,500

  Muttersprachler weltweit

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

Despite the encroachment of surrounding languages, the use of Bobongko in this relatively small language community around Kilat Bay remains strong and is encouraged.

ORTE

Indonesia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG

Togian Islands of Central Sulawesi. 1,100 of the 1,500 reside in Lembanato village and elsewhere along the shores of Kilat Bay on the north side of Togian Island.

WEITERE KOMMENTARE

"In the 1960's, a splinter group left Lembanato to settle near Tumbulawa village on the north side of Batu Daka Island. At present this second group reportedly comprises about one hundred Bobongko families, or four hundred or so additional speakers..."

• Bedroht

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 1,500

  Muttersprachler weltweit
• MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER

  Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2001). "1,100 in Lembanato and 400 in Tumbulawa."