Klamu 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

Bandar and Baulang Villages, Pantar Subdistrict. Alor District. Province of East Nusa Tenggara

Comments

Klamu (Nedebang) is one of local languages in Indonesia

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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

Digital

No

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Video

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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

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

Bandar and Baulang Villages, Pantar Subdistrict. Alor Regency. East Nusa Tenggara Province

Size / Number of users

Number of users

8265

Source

Population census (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

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 Nedebang di Nusa Tenggara Timur", research report of Pusat Pengembangan dan Pelindungan, Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, 2017

Year

2017

Comments

Klamu (Nedebang) speakers are the majority of the population in the villages of Bandar and Baulang, but not all of them can speak the language of Klamu (Nedebang).

Age distribution of users

5,887

71

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Source

Population census, 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Age distribution of users

1,744

21

percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Source

Population census, 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Age distribution of users

634

8

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Source

Population ensus, 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

Generational use

50

1,744

Reduced among young generations

Comments

Generational language use:
Understand well, speak some: reduced among younger generations (<15 years)
Understand little, speak none: reduced among younger generations (<15 years)

Educational attainment

46

54

3,076

Source

census, 2010

43

57

3,511

Primary education

Source

Population census, 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

54

46

994

Lower secondary education

Source

Population census, 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

64

36

643

Higher secondary education

Source

Population census, 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Year

2010

71

29

41

Tertiary education

Source

Population census, 2010 (BPS-Statistics Indonesia)

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations

Plant and machine operators and assemblers

Craft and related trades workers

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Services and sales workers

Language competence

Comments

Understand well, speak some: reduced among younger generations (<15 years)
Understand little, speak none: reduced among younger generations (<15 years)

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

Source

Bandar and Baulang Villages, Pantar Subdistrict. Alor Regency. East Nusa Tenggara 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

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

equal

Stability

Decreasing

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

complementary

Stability

Decreasing

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Comments

Nedebang speakers in administration domain use Indonesia

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

Nedebang speakers in formal education use Melayu Kupang and Indonesia

Primary level

Type of language use in education

Medium of instruction
Immersion teaching
Teaching subject
Occasionally used
Symbolically used

Comments

Nedebang speakers in formal education use Melayu Kupang and Indonesia

Lower secondary level

Comments

Nedebang speakers in formal education use Melayu Kupang and Indonesia

Higher secondary level

Comments

Nedebang speakers in formal education use Melayu Kupang and Indonesia

Tertiary level

Comments

Nedebang speakers in formal education use Melayu Kupang and Indonesia

Public healthcare

Comments

Nedebang speakers in healthcare domain use Melayu Kupang and Indonesia

Information, communication and cultural production

Comments

Nedebang speakers in information, communication and cultural production use Melayu Kupang and Indonesia

Digital sphere

Legal system

Language use in the legal system

General use
Legal transactions
Court proceedings
Written submissions
Spoken/signed testimonies
Language not used

Comments

Nedebang speakers in the legal system use Indonesia

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