• Vulnerable

  60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• ~4,000

  Native speakers worldwide
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  "There are no reliable sources of how many Wersing speakers there are. The most recent edition of the Ethnologue (Lewis et al. 2013) estimates there to be around 4,000 speakers."

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"In the villages, Wersing appears to be a vibrant language, with children acquiring it in places such as Kolana and Pureman (Emilie Wellfelt pers. comm.)."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Abui

• Kamang

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"[The Wersing-speaking villages of Adagai and Taremana] are in close contact with Abui and Kamang speakers respectively and villagers typically have some competence in those languages."

• Threatened

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 3,700

  Native speakers worldwide
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  (Grimes et al.)

DATE OF INFO

1997

PLACES

Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

"Nusa Tenggara Timur Province; Alor island. East coast area, southeast coast, Pietoko and Pureman, 2 enclaves on central north coast."