Information from: “Sumba Barat DalamAngka” . BPS Sumba Barat (2008)
Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
14,000
TRANSMISSION
MORE ON VITALITY
The rate of population growth was 1.44 percent per annum during 1990-2000 periods.This condition decreased compared to the previous period. In the period of 1980-1990 the percentage of population growth was 2.00 percent per annum. (I Wayan Arka, personal communication, November 2013)
PLACES
Indonesia
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Sumba Island
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
(Wurm and Hattori 1981)
DATE OF INFO
1981
PLACES
Indonesia
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
"Nusa Tenggara Timur Province; west Sumba island, southwest coast, southeast of Waikabubak city."
Information from: “Coevolution of languages and genes on the island of Sumba, eastern Indonesia” (16022-16026) . Lansing , J. Stephen
PLACES
Indonesia
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Sumba Island in Eastern Indonesia; on the southern coast of the mid-westerly side of the island.