• Con amenaza de extinción

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 1,500

  Hablantes nativos en todo el mundo

COMENTARIOS SOBRE CONTEXTO DE LA LENGUA

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

LUGARES

Indonesia

DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN

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.

COMENTARIOS ADICIONALES

"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..."

• Con amenaza de extinción

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 1,500

  Hablantes nativos en todo el mundo
• MÁS SOBRE EL NÚMERO DE HABLADORES

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