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Dormant

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Community Members

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Language Information By Source

Personal Communication
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Dormant

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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

Likely dormant.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Libya

Coordinates

29.066667, 15.783333

Location description

Sokna is spoken (if it still survives) in the town of that name, Sokna/Sawkna/Sawknah.

Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Sokna is spoken (if it still survives) in the town of that name, Sokna/Sawkna/Sawknah.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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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

"No accurate figures. Etimates from various sources, published and local."

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

27.252,17.7539

Location description

"According to Ethnologue, the language is spoken in the Tripolitania region."

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

"According to Ethnologue, the language is spoken in the Tripolitania region."

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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Dormant

Native Speakers Worldwide

Extinct?

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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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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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

2007

Location and Context

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Location description

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Government support

Libya: Amazigh languages suppressed by Qaddafi

Institutional support

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    Brenzinger, Matthias. 2007. "Language Endangerment in Northern Africa." In Language Diversity Endangered, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 123-139. Mouton de Gruyter.
  2. Personal Communication
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