Also Known As:
Laudje, Tinombo, Ampibabo-Lauje
Dialects & Varieties
- Ampibabo
Australia and the Pacific
Wurm, Stephen A. 2007. Australia and the Pacific. In Christopher Moseley, Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn., 424-557. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X
Threatened
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
38,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Speakers
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Elders
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Only the children who receive their primary school instructions in Indonesian constitute a possible threat to the language, which may therefore be potentially endangered.
Location and Context
Countries
Indonesia: Sulawesi Province
Location Description
The northern third of the narrow neck linking the northeastern peninsula of Sulawesi to the bulk of Sulawesi, in the area around Tinombo on the eastern coast.
Government Support
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Indonesian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Comments on writing systems:
There is some literacy in it.
Recent Resources
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