Endangered Languages Project - Laeko-Libuat

Laeko-Libuat

^{[aka Laeko, Laeko-Limbuat, Watalu]}

Classification: Torricelli

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Laeko, Laeko-Limbuat, Watalu, Waitalu
CLASSIFICATION		Torricelli, Maimai
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lkl
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Information from: “A sociolinguistic survey of Beli, Yahang and Laeko-Libuat” (141-161) . Cooper, Gregory (1981) , Loving, Richard · Summer Institute of Linguistics

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<538
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
538
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Population of two villages = 518 + 20 absentees

DATE OF INFO: 1978

DOMAINS OF USE
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Two villages in the Maimai Namblo Census Division of the Nuku District of the West Sepik Province: Laeko and Libuat

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
720
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
520 in area; 200 outside. (SIL)

DATE OF INFO: 2003

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Sandaun Province, Torricelli mountains, west of Mehek."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
496
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1970

PLACES: Papua New Guinea

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Laeko and Libuat villages

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Information from: “Glottolog 2.3” . Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Nordhoff, Sebastian (2014)