Also Known As:
Doa, Darha
Dialects & Varieties
- Weirate
- Tause
- Deirate
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
350
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 1
Most members of the community or ethnic group speak the language. Speaker numbers may be decreasing, but very slowly.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Bilingualism in Fayu is present especially with the young generation, and pressure is exerted upon the language by it. No Indonesian spoken.
Location and Context
Countries
Indonesia: Irian Jaya
Location Description
Spoken northeast of the juncture of the Tariku (Dou) and Muyabe (Fou) rivers, north of the upper Rouffaer River, around Deraposi, in the western central part of non-peninsular Irian Jaya.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Fayu
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
No literacy in it.
Recent Resources
Mensaje informativo
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