Endangered Languages Project - Batak

Batak

^{[aka Babuyan, Tinitianes, Palawan Batak]}

Classification: Austronesian

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Babuyan, Tinitianes, Palawan Batak, Battak
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine, Palawanic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bya
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Philippine and north Bornean languages: issues in description, subgrouping, and reconstruction” . Jason Lobel (2013)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~200

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Philippines

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

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1984

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Numbers are decreasing due to pressure from the Palawano and Tagbanwa languages.
More on Orthography: There is some literacy.

PLACES: Philippines

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in north-central Palawan Island.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,041
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000). Data for the ethnic population is from the 1990 census.

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Philippines;

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