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ALSO KNOWN AS		Panaras, Kuat, Neu-Pommern
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, Pacific
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kto
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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
2,400
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
2,400 (2002 SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2002

PLACES: Papua New Guinea;

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~1,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1985

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Kuot is under pressure from neighbouring larger languages, especially Nalik (its northwestern neighbour), and also from Tok Pisin which children tend to prefer.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Nalik
Tok Pisin

More on Orthography

There is some literacy in Kuot.

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central New Ireland, mainly coastal on east and west coast.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,400
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,400
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: New Ireland

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "mid-northwest New Ireland, Papua New Guinea"

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.													-3.05,151.5
	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	2,400	2002	1000-9999	2,400 (2002 SIL)		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Papua New Guinea;
	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	1,000		1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						-3.0692,151.5234
		2017	Language isolates in the New Guinea region	Language isolates		Lyle Campbell, Thomas Dougherty, and Alexander D. Smith	London: Routledge			Harald Hammarström	Harald Hammerström. forthcoming. Language isolates in the New Guinea region. In Language isolates, edited by Lyle Campbell, Thomas Dougherty, and Alexander D. Smith. London: Routledge.		2,400		1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			"mid-northwest New Ireland, Papua New Guinea"	Papua New Guinea	New Ireland
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		2,400		1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		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.		~1,000	1985	1000-9999		Nalik, Tok Pisin	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Kuot is under pressure from neighbouring larger languages, especially Nalik (its northwestern neighbour), and also from Tok Pisin which children tend to prefer.		Papua New Guinea	Central New Ireland, mainly coastal on east and west coast.

Kuot

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,400

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,400

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,400

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Kuot

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,400

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,400

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,400

Discussion

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