ELP ID
29134
ELP Language
Zazao
Public Comment
Current situation unknown. Appears to have formerly been the language of Kilokaka village. However, Kilokaka is now a Blablanga speaking community due to encroachment of that neighboring language. A wordlist collected at the beginning of the 20th century (Napu 1953) seems to be a different language to Blablanga, and a list collected in the 1960s or 1970s (Tryon & Hackman) also appears different to north coast Blablanga, but less so. Ethnologue gives a figure of 10 speakers in 1999 which is plausible. Kilokaka is now Blablanga speaking, but it is possible a very small number of speakers may remain.
Source
Personal Communication
Preferred
On