20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~3,000
"According to the Ethnologue, there are about 3,000 speakers of Sawila; I have not been able to obtain a more precise count."
MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT
"Bilingualism and multilingualism are the norm: most Sawila speakers are fluent in Wersing and/or Kula. Knowledge of Malay is also widespread and there is an ongoing shift to it, resulting in increasing endangerment of Sawila."
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
Wersing
Kula
Malay
ORTE
Indonesia
WEITERE KOMMENTARE
"The northern dialects (in the original mountain villages [before coastal resettlement in the 1970s] Manase, Lalamana, Kanaumana) are spoken nowadays in Kiralela, Aura, and Kolana; the central dialects (Salimana and Kilaara) are spoken in Maritaing and Yesu; the southern dialects (Saliira, Loona, and Lamotena) are spoken in Warendo, Krangle, Erana, and Kunatena."
Informationen von: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
Bedroht
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
(Grimes et al.)
DATUM DER INFORMATION
1997
ORTE
Indonesia
ORTSBESCHREIBUNG
"Nusa Tenggara Timur Province; southeast Alor island, between Kula [tpg] and Wersing [kvw] language areas."