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Projecting morphology and agreement in Marori, an isolate of southern New Guinea

Arka, I Wayan. 2012. Projecting morphology and agreement in Marori, an isolate of southern New Guinea. In Nicholas Evans and Marian Klamer (eds.), Melanesian Languages on the Edge of Asia: Challenges for the 21st Century, 150-173. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/4563

Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<119
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 5

A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.

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Transmission

Transmission 4

Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.

4

Speakers

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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
119
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context

Countries
Indonesia
Location Description

in Kampung Wasur, around 15 kilometres east of Merauke, Indonesian Papua.

Government Support
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Other Languages Used By The Community
the local variety of Indonesian/Malay; Marind
Number of Other Language Speakers:
many
Domains of Other Languages:
most

Writing Systems

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