Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ringgou, Rote, Roti, Rotinese, Rote Timur, Eastern Rote, Rotti
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Timor
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		rgu
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Oe Pao Landu Ringgou
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Nusa Tenggara Timur Province; East Rote island, Rikou, Landu, and Oe Pao domains."

MORE ON VITALITY

Rikou is threatened by Indonesian, from education; by Kupang Malay, from its proximity to Kupang; and by other, more populous Rote languages.

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Rikou is mainly used in domestic settings. The language is not used for ritual, commerce, education or government.

	18th	2015	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition	Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2015. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Eighteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.	12,000	2001	10000-99999	Indonesian [ind]		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Indonesia	"Nusa Tenggara Timur Province; East Rote island, Rikou, Landu, and Oe Pao domains."
			Glottolog				http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.										-10.55, 123.31
July 21		2012	Personal Communication on Rikou					Kaufman, Daniel	Kaufman, Daniel. Personal Communication on Rikou. July 21, 2012.					Rikou is mainly used in domestic settings. The language is not used for ritual, commerce, education or government.		Rikou is threatened by Indonesian, from education; by Kupang Malay, from its proximity to Kupang; and by other, more populous Rote languages.	Indonesia	Nusa Tenggara Timur, Rote-Ndao regency

Rikou