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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~850

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Recent Resources

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Community Members

    No members

Revitalization Programs

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Is Erohwa still alive?
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~850

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

~850

Ethnic Population

~2000

Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2018

Location and Context

Countries

Nigeria;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

The main community of Erohwa speakers is located in Erohwa village in Isoko south local government area of Delta State and Anibeze community in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa state.

Government support

Official support for use in education (not implemented in reality)

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

The main community of Erohwa speakers is located in Erohwa village in Isoko south local government area of Delta State and Anibeze community in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa state.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

English, Isoko

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

"There is a positive attitude towards the language. Those who speak it are very proud of it. This is not unconnected with the fact that [the] majority of the people in the community do not understand the language."

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

64,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Nigeria;

Coordinates

5.155231, 6.034824

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' 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

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

64,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' 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

Media Resources

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    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
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    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
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    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/