Punan Merah 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

Long Merah Village, Long Bagun Subdistrict, Kutai Barat District, East Kalimantan Province.

Comments

Punan Merah is one of local languages (bahasa daerah) in East East Kalimantan Province, 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

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

Long Merah Village, Long Bagun Subdistrict, West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan Province.

Comments

Punan Merah only spoken in Punan Merah Village

Size / Number of users

Number of users

150

Source

The Punan Merah vitality documentation report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology

Year

2011

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language

Users within the reference community

Less than 50% use the language

Actual percentage

30

Source

The Punan Merah vitality documentation report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology

Year

2011

Comments

Punan Merah only spoken in Punan Merah Village

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Comments

There are no data on age distribution of Punan Merah Community

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Generational use

0

Limited to middle and older generations

Source

The Punan Merah vitality documentation report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology

Year

2011

Comments

There are no data on generational language use among Punan Merah Community.

Punan Merah only spoken in Punan Merah Village

Educational attainment

No education

Source

The Punan Merah vitality documentation report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology

Year

2011

Early childhood education

Year

2011

Primary education

Lower secondary education

Higher secondary education

Comments

Punan Merah is not used in educational domain.

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Language competence

Understand little, speak/sign none

Understand some, speak/sign little

Understand well, speak/sign some

Understand all, speak/sign well

Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

No one 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

The Punan Merah vitality documentation report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology (2011)

Comments

Punan Merah is spoken in Long Merah Village, Long Bagun Subdistrict, West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan Province.

Economic dimension

Economic scope

Quinary sector
Quaternary sector
Tertiary sector
Secondary sector
Primary sector
Language not used

Comments

Punan Merah language used in agriculture such as forestry and farming

Functional dimension

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

equal

Stability

Decreasing

Comments

The Punan Merah speakers use Indonesian in public domain.

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Nature

complementary

Stability

Decreasing

Comments

The Punan Merah speakers use Indonesian in public domain.

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Stability

Decreasing

Comments

The Punan Merah speakers use Indonesian in public domain.

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

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

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Comments

Punan Merah is not used in administration

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

Primary level

Type of language use in education

Medium of instruction
Immersion teaching
Teaching subject
Occasionally used
Symbolically used

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Comments

Punan Merah tends not to be used in public healthcare.

Information, communication and cultural production

Digital sphere

Comments

Punan Merah is not used in digital sphere

Legal system

Language use in the legal system

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

Geographical scope of legal language use

Local
Regional
National
International

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