Endangered Languages Project - Mota

Mota

^{[aka Banks-Inseln,]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Banks-Inseln
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Northern Vanuatu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mtt
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “The endangered languages of Vanuatu” . Darrell Tryon (2010) , Gunter Senft · Pacific Linguistics

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Two dialects distinguished: Wenaoh and Wetaq. The Wenaoh dialect, used in the Bible and Scriptural translations, has few remaining speakers. Wetaq is the dialect common to Mota speakers today."

PLACES: Mota

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
900
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
900 (Lynch and Crowley 2001)

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Vanuatu;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
450
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2004

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
750
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Vanuatu

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mota island

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Information from: “Glottolog” .