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Native Speakers Worldwide

6,000

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Transmission

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Language Information By Source

Australia and the Pacific
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Sulawesi Province

Coordinates

-0.5,120

Location description

A form of the large Lauje language (see Lauje) which is spoken on the east coast of the southern third of the narrow neck connecting the bulk of Sulawesi with its northeastern peninsula. Near Ampibabo. Its general area is heavily populated by speakers of other large languages, such as the Ledo language.

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

A form of the large Lauje language (see Lauje) which is spoken on the east coast of the southern third of the narrow neck connecting the bulk of Sulawesi with its northeastern peninsula. Near Ampibabo. Its general area is heavily populated by speakers of other large languages, such as the Ledo language.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Ledo

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

There is a strong inclination of Ampibabo Lauje speakers to reside temporarily outside their area for wage work, but there are few opportunities for that at present.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

6000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

Most of the community speaks Indonesian, the national language. Many also speak Kaila, a regional lingua franca.

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2001

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia

Coordinates

-0.474, 119.997

Location description

On Sulawesi. Near Ampibabo.

Government support

No government support.

Institutional support

No institutional support

Speakers’s attitudes

Generally negative.

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

On Sulawesi. Near Ampibabo.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Indonesian, Kaili

Domains of other languages

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More on context

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
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    Nikolaus P. Himmelmann. 2001. "Sourcebook On Tomini-Tolitoi Languages: General Information and Word Lists." 511: Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University.