Hatam in Indonesia

Speakers

19,309

Type

Location

Hatam in Indonesia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Hatam in Indonesia

Size

19,309

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Watariri Village, Oransbari Subdistrict, South Manokwari District, West Papua
Comments
Hatam is one of local languages in Indonesia.

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials

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Video

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials

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Audio

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions
Digital
No

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use
Comments
No ortography is available to the Hatam community.

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban
Administrative units of the country
One of this language's territorial application is Watariri Village, Oransbari Subdistrict, South Manokwari Regency, West Papua Province.

Size / Number of users

Number of users

19309
Source
2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia);
"Kajian Vitalitas Bahasa Hatam di Papua Barat", report research of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2016).
Year
2010
Comments

This number includes numbers of Hatam, Hattam, Adihup, Atam, Borai, Mansim, Mirei, Tinam, and Uran users.
In 2010 Population Census, that languages have the same code.
Question about daily language only asked for five years old or above

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language

Users within the reference community

More than 50% use the language
Actual percentage
90
Source
"Kajian Vitalitas Bahasa Hatam di Papua Barat", report research of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2016).
Year
2016
Comments
The major population of Watariri village is Hatam speakers. Nearly all speak Hatam language.

Age distribution of users

14,174
73
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year
2010
Comments

This number includes numbers of user Hatam, Hattam, Adihup, Atam, Borai, Mansim, Mirei, Tinam, and Uran. In 2010 Population Census, that languages have the same code.
Question about daily language only asked for five years old or above

Age distribution of users

5,052
26
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year
2010
Comments

Most but not all children of Hatam community speak the Hatam language as their first language, but it is restricted to specific social domains, such as home where children interact with their parents and grandparents.

Age distribution of users

83
0
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year
2010

Generational use

50
50
19,309
All generations
Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia);
"Kajian Vitalitas Bahasa Hatam di Papua Barat", report research of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2016).

Year
2016
Comments

The Hatam use is decreased among preelementary school children and elementary school children.

Educational attainment

45
55
11,759
No education
Source

census, 2010

Comments

No education includes never/not yet attend school and never/not yet completed primary school.

51
49
4,178
Primary education
Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year
2010
Comments

2010 Population Census was not collect data about informal education such as early childhood education.

63
37
1,877
Lower secondary education
Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year
2010
Comments

2010 Population Census was not collect data about informal education such as early childhood education.

76
24
1,184
Higher secondary education
Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year
2010
Comments

2010 Population Census was not collect data about informal education such as early childhood education.

88
12
311
Tertiary education
Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year
2010
Comments

2010 Population Census was not collect data about informal education such as early childhood education.

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Language competence

Understand all, speak/sign well
Comments

The children generation of Hatam can speak Hatam little and understand some; while the older generations can understand all and speak well.

Source

"Kajian Vitalitas Bahasa Hatam di Papua Barat", report research of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2016).

Literacy of users

Less than 1% of users with literacy in the language
Source

"Kajian Vitalitas Bahasa Hatam di Papua Barat", report research of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2016).

Comments

No ortography is available to the Hatam community.

Digital use

No digital language use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local
Source
"Kajian Vitalitas Bahasa Hatam di Papua Barat", report research of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2016).
Comments
Watariri Village, Oransbari Subdistrict, South Manokwari Regency, West Papua Province.

Economic dimension

Economic scope
  • Quinary sector
  • Quaternary sector
  • Tertiary sector
  • Secondary sector
  • Primary sector
  • Language not used

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Nature
exclusive
Stability
Decreasing
Comments

The Hatam speakers use Hatam in private domains.

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Nature
equal
Stability
Decreasing
Comments

The Hatam speakers use Hatam and Melayu Papua language equally in everyday domains.

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Nature
complementary
Stability
Decreasing
Comments

The Hatam speakers use Melayu Papua in public domains

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Type of language use in education
  • Medium of instruction
  • Immersion teaching
  • Teaching subject
  • Occasionally used
  • Symbolically used
Comments
The Hatam Language is not used in formal education.
Primary level
Comments
The Hatam Language is not used in formal education.
Lower secondary level
Comments
The Hatam Language is not used in formal education.
Higher secondary level
Comments
The Hatam Language is not used in formal education.
Tertiary level
Comments
The Hatam Language is not used in formal education.

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Digital sphere

Legal system

Language use in the legal system
  • General use
  • Legal transactions
  • Court proceedings
  • Written submissions
  • Spoken/signed testimonies
  • Language not used

Completion