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Blagar

Blagar

Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
About Vitality Level
<10,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 2

A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.

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Transmission

Transmission 1

Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.

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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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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
"Contacts with the outside world are increasing. Already in the 1970s Blagar was no longer used in the church or the mosque, but had been replaced by Indonesian. At school the use of Blagar was discouraged to put it mildly; Indonesian was the sole language of instruction. For secondary and higher education Blagar people must migrate to Kalabahi or further afield. In the early 2000s, electricity reached Pura Island, and with it came television, another source of influence of Indonesian. As a result, bilingualism in Blagar and Indonesian has become generalized.""

Location and Context
Countries
Indonesia
Location Description

"Varieties of Blagar are spoken in all but two of the villages on the island of Pura (a dead volcano of over 1,000m high), on the smaller island of Tereweng south of Pura, and in a number of villages on the east coast of Pantar opposite Pura and Tereweng. Outside this core area there are scattered groups of Blagar migrants, mainly in the regional and provincial capitals of Kalabahi and Kupang."

Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Indonesian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Most
Domains of Other Languages:
Religious services, education

Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
"A dictionary of Blagar exists in manuscript form and is currently being prepared for publication."

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