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ALSO KNOWN AS		Koita
CLASSIFICATION		Trans-New Guinea, Koiarian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kqi
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		West Koita East Koita
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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,700
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
2,700 (2000 S. Wurm)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1989, 3,000 speakers were reported. That figure is still valid.

DATE OF INFO: 1989

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Young speakers tend to prefer Tok Pisin or English.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Motu
Hiri Motu
Tok Pisin
English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

It is under pressure from the Motu language of Port Moresby, from Hiri Motu (the southern lingua franca of Papua New Guinea), Tok Pisin, and English. There is considerable bilingualism in one of these languages, and also multilingualism.

More on Orthography

No literacy

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central Province, around and west of Port Moresby, and inland as far as the Goldie and Brown rivers.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,700
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide

	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	3,000		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					-9.346,147.1179
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.													-9.33333333333,147.083333333
		2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	425-577	Christopher Moseley	Routledge	London and New York		Stephen Wurm	Stephen Wurm. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. 425-577. Routledge.		3,000	1989	1000-9999	In 1989, 3,000 speakers were reported. That figure is still valid.	Motu, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, English	It is under pressure from the Motu language of Port Moresby, from Hiri Motu (the southern lingua franca of Papua New Guinea), Tok Pisin, and English. There is considerable bilingualism in one of these languages, and also multilingualism.	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Young speakers tend to prefer Tok Pisin or English.	Papua New Guinea	Central Province, around and west of Port Moresby, and inland as far as the Goldie and Brown rivers.
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		2,700		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	2,700	2000	1000-9999	2,700 (2000 S. Wurm)			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Papua New Guinea;

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,700

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,700

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,700

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,700

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,000

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