Endangered Languages Project - Te'un

Te'un

Classification: Austronesian

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threatened

CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Timor
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tve
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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
1,200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (1990 SIL), decreasing

PLACES: Indonesia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central Maluku, south central Seram Island transmigration area

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
They were moved to Seram Island because of volcanic activity on Te’un Island. This transmigration put pressure on the language, as did Ambon Malay. It is now endangered.

DATE OF INFO: 1990

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Indonesia: Maluku

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Now spoken in a transmigration area in south and central Seram Island (originally on Te’un Island in south central Maluku).

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,200
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,200
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing