Endangered Languages Project - Sorsogon Ayta

Sorsogon Ayta

^{[aka Ayta, Sorsogon]}

Classification: Austronesian

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ayta, Sorsogon
CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Greater Central Philippine
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ays
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
18
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
180
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from S. Wurm (2000).

PLACES: Philippines;

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1984

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Frequent intermarriage of the speakers with members of other groups to the detriment of the language.
More on Orthography: No literacy in it.

PLACES: Philippines

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the extreme southern end of Luzon, near Sorsogon town, Sorsogon Province.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
17
Native speakers worldwide

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