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Native Speakers Worldwide

130

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Recent Resources

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Community Members

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Revitalization Programs

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Language Information By Source

Personal Communication on Karas
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

130

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

10

Semi-speakers

50

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

300

Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

Speaker numbers as displayed here are unpublished (but see Eline Visser's forthcoming PhD thesis, A grammar of Kalamang). Info on other aspects discussed here can be found in Eline Visser's MA thesis: Visser, E. (2016). A grammar sketch of Kalamang with a focus on phonetics and phonology (Master's thesis).

Year of info

2019

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia

Coordinates

-3.454537, 132.686683

Location description

Maas and Antalisa villages, the biggest of the Karas islands, West-Bomberai- Fakfak regency, West Papua province, Indonesia.

Government support

None

Institutional support

None

Speakers' attitudes

Positive or neutral

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

Latin

Other writing systems

Maas and Antalisa villages, the biggest of the Karas islands, West-Bomberai- Fakfak regency, West Papua province, Indonesia.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Indonesian, Geser-Gorom, Uruangnirin

Domains of other languages

Indonesian for all contact with outsiders, people from mixed families (from Goromese or Uruangnirin-speaking villages) speak that with part of their family

More on context

Iha is not used as a trade language by Kalamang speakers. Many people claim to speak/understand neighbouring Uruangnirin, but any extensive communication (e.g. marriage negotiations) will be in Indonesian.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

-3.4585,132.6599

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

More recent estimates place the speaker number closer to 100.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on Karas Island, off the southwest coast of the Bomberai Peninsula, which is south of Bird’s Head Peninsula. The island is southeast of Fakfak.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on Karas Island, off the southwest coast of the Bomberai Peninsula, which is south of Bird’s Head Peninsula. The island is southeast of Fakfak.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Iha, Indonesian

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

240

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

(1983 SIL)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

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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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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More on context

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