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."
更多关于活力的信息
"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."
该群体使用的其他语言
Wersing
Kula
Malay
地点
Indonesia
其他评论
"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."
信息不完整 “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
近危
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
(Grimes et al.)
信息日期
1997
地点
Indonesia
地点描述
"Nusa Tenggara Timur Province; southeast Alor island, between Kula [tpg] and Wersing [kvw] language areas."