Kalabra in Indonesia

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

Beraur subdistrict, Sorong District; Klamono, Klasafet, and Klawana villages, Klamono subdistrict, Sorong District, West Papua Province

Comments

Kalabra 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

divider

Audio

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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 available to the Kalabra 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

Beraur Subdistrict, Sorong Regency, West Papua Province.
This language is also spoken in Klasafet village, Klamono subdistrict, Sorong Regency, West Papua.

Size / Number of users

Number of users

1941

Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Comments

This number includes numbers of Kalabra user and numbers of Beraur user.

In 2010 Population Census, Kalabra and Beraur 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

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia);
"Penyusunan Sistem Sintaksis Bahasa Kalabra", Research report of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2018).

Year

2010

Comments

The Kalabra speakers are the major population in the district, but not all of them can speak the Kalabra language.

Age distribution of users

1,338

69

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Age distribution of users

576

30

percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Age distribution of users

27

1

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Generational use

50

1,365

Limited to middle and older generations

Source

"Penyusunan Sistem Sintaksis Bahasa Kalabra", Research report of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2018).

Year

2018

Comments

In Beraur subdistrict, the middle generations (15-65 years) can speak Kalabra, but its usage is limited in the domestic domain; while the younger generations (<15 years) are only passive speakers.

Educational attainment

48

52

1,440

No education

Source

census, 2010

Comments

No education includes never/not yet attend school and never/not yet completed primary school.
2010 Population Census was not collect data about informal education such as early childhood education.

Early childhood education

Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

52

48

268

Primary education

Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

64

36

115

Lower secondary education

Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

81

19

111

Higher secondary education

Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

57

43

7

Tertiary education

Source

2010 Population Census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations

Plant and machine operators and assemblers

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Language competence

Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Comments

Understand all, speak fluenty : it is confined to older generations (>65 years).

Source

"Penyusunan Sistem Sintaksis Bahasa Kalabra", Research report of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2018).

Understand all, speak/sign well

Comments

Understand all, speak well: it is confined to middle and older generations (15 years and older).

Source

"Penyusunan Sistem Sintaksis Bahasa Kalabra", Research report of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2018).

Understand well, speak/sign some

Comments

Understand well, speak some: it is reduced among younger generations (<15 years).

Source

"Penyusunan Sistem Sintaksis Bahasa Kalabra", Research report of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2018).

Understand little, speak/sign none

Comments

Understand little, speak none: it is reduced among younger generations (<15 years).

Source

"Penyusunan Sistem Sintaksis Bahasa Kalabra", Research report of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2018).

Understand all, speak/sign well

Source

"Penyusunan Sistem Sintaksis Bahasa Kalabra", Research report of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2018).

Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Source

"Penyusunan Sistem Sintaksis Bahasa Kalabra", Research report of Agency for Language Development and Cultivation (2018).

Literacy of users

Less than 1% of users with literacy in the language

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

Comments

The language's territorial appication is Beraur subdistrict and Klamono subdistrict, Sorong 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 Kalabra speakers use Melayu Papua more than Kalabra in private domain.

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

complementary

Stability

Decreasing

Comments

The Kalabra speakers use Melayu Papua more than Kalabra in everyday domain.

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Stability

Decreasing

Comments

The Kalabra 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

Primary level

Comments

The Kalabra speakers use Indonesia and Melayu Papua in formal education.

Lower secondary level

Comments

The Kalabra speakers use Indonesia and Melayu Papua in formal education.

Higher secondary level

Comments

The Kalabra speakers use Indonesia and Melayu Papua in formal education.

Tertiary level

Comments

The Kalabra speakers use Indonesia and Melayu Papua 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

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