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Native Speakers Worldwide

<100

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Australia and the Pacific
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<100

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Indonesia: Irian Jaya

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Location description

Spoken in Jayapura Bay, close to Jayapura, the capital of Irian Jaya, especially southeast of it.

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Spoken in Jayapura Bay, close to Jayapura, the capital of Irian Jaya, especially southeast of it.

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Indonesian

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It has been under very great pressure from Indonesian, due to its closeness to the capital.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

80

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

-2.6059,140.7997

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

350

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Speaker number data: (M. Donohue 1998)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Papua, Indonesia;

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Location description

Jayapura Bay, near Jayapura, Tobati, Enggros, Entrop, Kota Raja, Tanah Hitam villages.

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Jayapura Bay, near Jayapura, Tobati, Enggros, Entrop, Kota Raja, Tanah Hitam villages.

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Other languages used

Papuan Malay

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Year of info

2005

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-2.58333333333,140.666666667

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350

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  8. Tobati
    Donohue, Mark. 2002. "Tobati." In The Oceanic Languages, edited by John Lynch et al.. 186-203. Richmond: Curzon.
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  10. Tobati
    Donohue, Mark. 2002. "Tobati." In The Oceanic Languages, edited by John Lynch et al.. 186-203. Curzon.