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Native Speakers Worldwide

~200

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Philippine and north Bornean languages: issues in description, subgrouping, and reconstruction
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

~200

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2013

Location and Context

Countries

Philippines

Coordinates

10.306, 119.256; 10.188, 119.236

Location description

The Batak are found in at least nine small communities in central and northern Palawan Island, none consisting of more than a hundred members. Locations: Babuyan, Maoyon, Tanabag, Tarabanan, Langogan, Tagnipa, Caramay, Buayan, Roxas

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

The Batak are found in at least nine small communities in central and northern Palawan Island, none consisting of more than a hundred members. Locations: Babuyan, Maoyon, Tanabag, Tarabanan, Langogan, Tagnipa, Caramay, Buayan, Roxas

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Other languages used

Kuyonon, Tagalog, Southern (Aborlan/PPC) Tagbanwa, Central Tagbanwa, Agutaynen, Kagayanen (depending on location)

Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

300

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Philippines

Coordinates

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Location description

Spoken in north-central Palawan Island.

Government support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Spoken in north-central Palawan Island.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Palawano, Tagbana

Domains of other languages

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More on context

Numbers are decreasing due to pressure from the Palawano and Tagbanwa languages.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

200

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

2,041

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000). Data for the ethnic population is from the 1990 census.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Philippines;

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