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Native Speakers Worldwide

~175

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Sign-Spatiality in Kata Kolok: How a Village Sign Language of Bali Inscribes its Signing Space
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~175

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

1,500-1,900

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

2,740

Non-monolingual speakers

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The vast majority of Kata Kolok signers are hearing, and only a small portion are considered "native" even though there is a substantial population of fluent and non-fluent signers. There are 47 Deaf signers and 78 hearing signers listed as fluent and native.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia

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Location description

Bengkala, Bali island. Bengkala is located in the north of Bali in the region of Kubutambahan.

Government support

None

Institutional support

None

Speakers’s attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Bengkala, Bali island. Bengkala is located in the north of Bali in the region of Kubutambahan.

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Other languages used

Indonesian Sign Language, Malay, Balinese

Domains of other languages

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

48

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

1,200

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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Year of info

2011

Location and Context

Countries

Bali, Indonesia

Coordinates

-8.113,115.127

Location description

one village in Bali with high hereditary deafness

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

one village in Bali with high hereditary deafness

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No data

Other languages used

Indonesian Sign Language

Domains of other languages

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More on context

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

>2,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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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Ethnic Population

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More about speakers

50 deaf people and more than 2,000 hearing people

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia

Coordinates

-8.113,115.126

Location description

Benkala Village, Northern Bali

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

Benkala Village, Northern Bali

More on 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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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~47

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

<1800

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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"In the year 2000, the village of Bengkala was home to 2,186 individuals, of whom 47 were deaf... as many as two-thirds of the hearing community members use Kata Kolok, albeit with varying degrees of proficiency (Marsaja 2008). A demographic survey completed in 2008 has indicated that the village population has increased to 2,740 (Astika 2008). Assuming that the proportion of hearing signers has remained constant, Kata Kolok could be currently used by up to 1,800 hearing signers."

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

Deaf Alliance; school program

Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

Indonesian Sign Language

Domains of other languages

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"Interestingly, in response to this imminent threat, the Deaf Alliance--a team of deaf and hearing villagers who advocate the interests of the deaf villagers and their relatives--have supported the establishment of Kata Kolok-based deaf education. This inclusive education programme takes the form of a deaf unit within one of the village's elementary schools and is currently attended by eight deaf children."

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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. "Longitudinal Documentation of Sign Language Acquisition in a Deaf Village in Bali" HRELP Abstract
    Vos, Connie de. 2011. ""Longitudinal Documentation of Sign Language Acquisition in a Deaf Village in Bali" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=273.
    http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=273
  3. Personal Communication on sign languages
    James Woodward. 2012. "Personal Communication on sign languages."
  4. Sign-Spatiality in Kata Kolok: How a Village Sign Language of Bali Inscribes its Signing Space
    Conny Leonie Gabriella De Vos. Sign-Spatiality in Kata Kolok: How a Village Sign Language of Bali Inscribes Its Signing Space. PhD thesis, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, 2012. Online: http://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/2066/99153/1/99153.pdf.
    http://repository.ubn.ru.nl/bitstream/2066/99153/1/99153.pdf
  5. The Kata Kolok perfective in child signing
    Connie de Vos. 2012. "The Kata Kolok Perfective in Child Signing." In Sign Languages in Village Communities, edited by Ulrike Zeshan and Connie de Vos. de Gruyter.