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ALSO KNOWN AS		Mamboro, Memboro
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sumba-Hawu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mvd
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Information from: “Sumba Tengah DalamAngka” . BPS Sumba Tengah (2008)

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>13,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
13,000 speakers on Sumba Island. The number of speakers provided here does not include speakers living in places other than Sumba Island. (2008 Population Registration)

TRANSMISSION

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Threatened. The rate of population growth was 1.88 percent per annum during 1990-2000 periods. This condition decreased compared to the previous period. In the period of 1980-1990 the average percentage of population growth was 2.10 percent per annum. (I Wayan Arka, personal communication, November 2013)

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sumba Island.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2007

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Nusa Tenggara Timur Province; northwest Sumba island, coastal area, Memboro town."

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sumba Island in Eastern Indonesia; mid-westerly part of the island; inland.

		2008	Sumba Tengah DalamAngka		Source provided by Dr. I Wayan Arka					Waibakul		BPS Sumba Tengah		>13,000		10000-99999	13,000 speakers on Sumba Island. The number of speakers provided here does not include speakers living in places other than Sumba Island. (2008 Population Registration)	Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	Threatened. The rate of population growth was 1.88 percent per annum during 1990-2000 periods. This condition decreased compared to the previous period. In the period of 1980-1990 the average percentage of population growth was 2.10 percent per annum. (I Wayan Arka, personal communication, November 2013)	Indonesia	Sumba Island.
	41		Coevolution of languages and genes on the island of Sumba, eastern Indonesia	16022-16026				Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America	104			Lansing , J. Stephen	Lansing , J. Stephen. Coevolution of languages and genes on the island of Sumba, eastern Indonesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. vol. 104 no. 41, 16022-16026.								Indonesia	Sumba Island in Eastern Indonesia; mid-westerly part of the island; inland.	-9.392161, 119.533997
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.	10,000	2007	10000-99999		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Indonesia	"Nusa Tenggara Timur Province; northwest Sumba island, coastal area, Memboro town."

Mamboru

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Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

>13,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

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