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Challenges and Prospect of Maintaining Rongga: an Ethnographic Report
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4,000

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Year of info

2004

Location and Context

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

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Location description

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

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

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Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000

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Year of info

2004

Location and Context

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Flores Island, Indonesia

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Native Speakers Worldwide

2,120

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Year of info

2009

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-8.819653,120.748592

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,000

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Non-monolingual speakers

The entire community generally speaks Indonesian and Manggarai

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Indonesia

Coordinates

-8.821, 120.797

Location description

Spoken in three villages in the southern part of the East Manggarai Regency. Along the border between Manggarai and Ngadha on the Island of Flores

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Spoken in three villages in the southern part of the East Manggarai Regency. Along the border between Manggarai and Ngadha on the Island of Flores

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Other languages used

Indonesian, Manggarai, other local languages

Domains of other languages

Indonesian is the most prestegious language and is used as the language of wider communication. It is also used in church services

More on context

Most Ronggan speaker are multilingual. Indonesian and Manggarai are used as the languages of instruction in schools.

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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."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  3. "Documenting Rongga" HRELP Abstract
    Arka, I Wayan. 2004. ""Documenting Rongga" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=28.
    http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=28
  4. LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)
    Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.
    http://llmap.org
  5. 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.
    http://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/2123/138/1/ALS-20050630-WA.pdf
  6. Maintaining Vera in Rongga: Struggles over Culture, Tradition, and Language in Modern Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia
    I Wayan Arka. 2010. "Maintaining Vera in Rongga: Struggles Over Culture, Tradition, and Language in Modern Manggarai, Flores, Indonesia." In Endangered Languages of Austronesia, edited by Margaret Florey. 90-109. Oxford University Press.
  7. Bahasa Rongga: Tatabahasa Acuan Ringkas
    Arka, I Wayan, Jeladu Kosmas and I Nyoman Suparsa. 2007. "Bahasa Rongga: Tatabahasa Acuan Ringkas." Jakarta: Penerbit Universitas Atma Jaya (PUAJ).