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Native Speakers Worldwide

<200

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Survey Report of the North Coast of Irian Jaya
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

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Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

"There are estimated to be not more than two hundred Yoke speakers. The village of Mantarbori has about fourteen family units (KK). The village of Yoke has about thirty family units."

Year of info

2002

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia

Coordinates

No data

Location description

"Yoke is the language of the village of Mantarbori, and the inland area around the village of Yoke. Historically, the Yoke report having occupied the villages of Kapeso and Suaseso on the northern edge of Lake Rombebai, but this land is currently occupied by Bagusa speakers."

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

Letters

Other writing systems

"Yoke is the language of the village of Mantarbori, and the inland area around the village of Yoke. Historically, the Yoke report having occupied the villages of Kapeso and Suaseso on the northern edge of Lake Rombebai, but this land is currently occupied by Bagusa speakers."

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Malay, Warembori

Domains of other languages

Church

More on context

"Contact with the Warembori people is frequent, and many of the people are bilingual in these two related languages."

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

-1.8151,137.8193

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s 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

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

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

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

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

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

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

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

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

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

It is under pressure from the larger Warembori language of the area, which is also a Papuan language isolate.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

It is under pressure from the larger Warembori language of the area, which is also a Papuan language isolate.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

It is under pressure from the larger Warembori language of the area, which is also a Papuan language isolate.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

It is under pressure from the larger Warembori language of the area, which is also a Papuan language isolate.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

It is under pressure from the larger Warembori language of the area, which is also a Papuan language isolate.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

It is under pressure from the larger Warembori language of the area, which is also a Papuan language isolate.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

It is under pressure from the larger Warembori language of the area, which is also a Papuan language isolate.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

It is under pressure from the larger Warembori language of the area, which is also a Papuan language isolate.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the east side of the mouth of the Mamberamo River, on the western coast of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

Language isolate.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia: Irian Jaya

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Spoken on the west side of the lower Mamber- amo River by Lake Rombebai, in the northeast of non-pensinular Irian Jaya.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Warembori

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Media Resources

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