Upper Digul Survey
Jock Hughes. 2009. "Upper Digul Survey."
Endangered
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<102
Native Speakers Worldwide
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
1
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
No results found.
Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"The Senggaop people spoke Indonesian poorly, with influence from the phonology of their language ... outsiders who live in their village do not have to know Indonesian, but rather learn Tangko."
Location and Context
Countries
Indonesia
Location Description
Kawemaot (Kawe) village, "on the Sauw or Kawit River far north of Gaguop", Merauke Regency, Papua Province
Government Support
No results found.
Institutional Support
No results found.
Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Indonesian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
meetings with government officials
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
none
Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
"The language has never been written. When asked if they would like to have the language written, one respondent said that he would like to learn to read and write Tangko."
Recent Resources
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