Language Information by Source

Challenges and Prospect of Maintaining Rongga: an Ethnographic Report

I Wayan Arka. 2004. "Challenges and Prospect of Maintaining Rongga: An Ethnographic Report." In Proceedings of the Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Online: http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/138/1/ALS-20050630-WA.pdf.

Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 2

A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.

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Transmission

Transmission 1

Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.

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Speakers

Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context

Countries
Spoken in the eastern part ofthe Manggarai regency, between Manggarai and Ngadha, Flores island, Indonesia.
Location Description

Spoken mainly in the villages of
Tanarata, Bamo, and Watunggene, Kota Komba sub-district, in the regency of West Flores or Manggarai.

Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems

Standard orthography:
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Community Members