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ALSO KNOWN AS		Ya'o, Koko-Ja'o, Kokoyao, Bagadji, Pakadji, Gugu Yau, Yao, Koko Ya':o, Koka-yao, Makadama, Kuuku Ya'u, Kuku-Ya'u
CLASSIFICATION		Pama-Nyungan, Paman
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kuy
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Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2007) Routledge

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"In 1981, about 100 speakers were reported. Today there are fewer."

DATE OF INFO: 1981

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Kuku-Ya'u is endangered."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Torres Strait Creole

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The speakers are bilingual in Torres Strait Creole (or Broken), which is the language of most children today."

PLACES: Australia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northern Queensland, northeastern Cape York Peninsula, south of Temple Bay.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1981

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
21
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
census

DATE OF INFO: 1996

PLACES: Australia;

			2007	Australasia and the Pacific	Atlas of the World's Languages	97-126	R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley	Routledge			4			Darrell Tryon	Tryon, Darrell. 2007. "Australasia and the Pacific." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by R. E. Asher and Christopher Moseley. 97-126. Routledge.		100	1981	100-999					Endangered (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	21	1996	10-99	census				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Australia;
				Austlang: Australian Indigenous Languages Database				AIATSIS	Canberra				http://austlang.aiatsis.gov.au		AUSTLANG: Australian Indigenous Languages Database. (19 October, 2009.)	ll_pub	9		1-9					Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			2012	LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)						Institute for Language Information and Technology		Eastern Michigan University	http://llmap.org	Anthony Aristar and Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie	Anthony Aristar, Helen Aristar-Dry and Yichun Xie. 2012. "LL-MAP (Language and Location: A Map Accessibility Project)." Online: http://llmap.org.																-12.610572, 143.136956
		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	9		1-9					Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				World Oral Literature Project									http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		100		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
070071197X	3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages				Routledge	Abingdon					Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	<100	1981	10-99	"In 1981, about 100 speakers were reported. Today there are fewer."	Torres Strait Creole	"The speakers are bilingual in Torres Strait Creole (or Broken), which is the language of most children today."	All	Severely Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14	"Kuku-Ya'u is endangered."	13	15	Australia	Northern Queensland, northeastern Cape York Peninsula, south of Temple Bay.

Kuuku-Ya'u

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

9

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

9

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

21

Discussion

Kuuku-Ya'u

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

9

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

9

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

21

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