"The people who speak the Maklew language seem to be a small group. They also seem much less proud of their language and culture than the Marind people do. The adults in Welbuti complained to the survey team that their children do not speak their language and sometimes make fun of them for using it. The children themselves reportedly do not speak the vernacular, although they are able to understand it. This was a concern to the adults because they were afraid their language would die out; they said their language would not be spoken anymore in 20 years. Nevertheless, the survey team did notice some older women who only spoke the vernacular language and were not able to speak Indonesian."