Endangered Languages Project - Laboya

Laboya

^{[aka Lamboya]}

Classification: Austronesian

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lamboya
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Sumba-Hawu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lmy
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Laboya Gaura (AKA Nggaro or Nggaura)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		The term Laboya (rather than Lamboya) is used by the people themselves to designate a territory, a language, and ethnic group. (I Wayan Arka, personal communication, November 2013)

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Information from: “Sumba Barat DalamAngka” . BPS Sumba Barat (2008)

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>23,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
23,000 on Sumba Island. (2008 Population Registration) The number does not include speakers living in places other than Sumba island.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sumba Island. The Nggaura or Gaura lexicon shows a mixture of Laboya and Kodi. Nggaura is located in the border between Laboya and Kodi. The Gaura people now have a new district, Laboya Barat, which was previously under the district of Lamboya. (I Wayan Arka, personal communication, November 2011)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
(Grimes et al. 1997)

DATE OF INFO: 1997

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Nusa Tenggara Timur Province; Sumba island, southwest coast, southwest of Waikabubak city."

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sumba Island, in Eastern Indonesia.

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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)