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Native Speakers Worldwide

600-700

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Language Information By Source

Warembori
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

600-700

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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"The three villages that are home to the Warembori language are (proceeding from east to west) Warembori, Tamakuri and Bonoi; each of these villages have approximately 200-300 inhabitants, and each is fairly homogenous in makeup."

Year of info

1999

Location and Context

Countries

New Guinea, Indonesia

Coordinates

-1.535102, 137.906028; -1.642974, 137.717992; -1.805475, 137.279914

Location description

Warembori, Tamakuri and Bonoi villages

Government support

No data

Institutional support

Small picture dictionary (1998), language primer Ekeoina (1998)

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Warembori, Tamakuri and Bonoi villages

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Yoke

Domains of other languages

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"Marriage is usually with other Warembori speakers.... The most common links outside the other Warembori villages are with the Yoke, to the east (and inland), who speak a related language."

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

600

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

20

Semi-speakers

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Year of info

2013

Location and Context

Countries

Indonesia;

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Location description

Papua: North coast, Mamberamo River mouth and west to Poiwai, Warembori, Tamakuri, Bonoi villages

Government support

No data

Institutional support

Dictionary. Grammar.

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Papua: North coast, Mamberamo River mouth and west to Poiwai, Warembori, Tamakuri, Bonoi villages

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Indonesian, Yoke, Papuan Malay

Domains of other languages

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Used as L2 by Yoke.

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

-1.66666666667,137.583333333

Location description

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

600

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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