Sahu in Indonesia

Speakers

2,030

Type

Location

Sahu in Indonesia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Sahu in Indonesia

Size

2,030

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No
Administrative units of the country
Tosoa Village, Taraudu Village, Halmahera Barat District, North Maluku Province

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

Graphisation & script encoding

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Size / Number of users

Number of users

2030
Source
Laporan Penelitian Vitalitas Bahasa Sahu (2021), Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Year
2021

Users within total population

Comments
more than 50%

Users within the reference community

More than 50% use the language
Source
Laporan Penelitian Vitalitas Bahasa Sahu (2021), Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
Comments
Sahu language is also spoken in Tugu Aer Village, Tabobol Village, Ngawet Village, Bataka Village, Jere Village, Golo Village, Gamsungi Village, Worat-Worat Village, TaciciVillage, Akelemo Village, Sahu Timur Village, Halmahera Barat District, North Maluku Province

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Age distribution of users

0
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Generational use

Limited to middle and older generations

Educational attainment

No education
Early childhood education
Primary education
Lower secondary education
Higher secondary education
Tertiary education

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
Clerical support workers
Technicians and associate professionals
Professionals
Managers

Language competence

Language not used
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

Digital 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
Halmahera Barat District, North Maluku Province
Comments
Sahu is spoken in Halmahera Barat District

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

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

Sahu speakers using Indonesian more than Sahu in everyday domains and mostly use Sahu in private domain equally

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

Sahu speakers using Indonesian more than Sahu in everyday domains and mostly use Sahu in private domain equally

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

Sahu speakers using Indonesian more than Sahu in everyday domains and mostly use Sahu in private domain equally

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
Sahu is not used in administration

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Type of language use in education
  • Medium of instruction
  • Immersion teaching
  • Teaching subject
  • Occasionally used
  • Symbolically used
Primary level
Type of language use in education
  • Medium of instruction
  • Immersion teaching
  • Teaching subject
  • Occasionally used
  • Symbolically used
Lower secondary level
Type of language use in education
  • Medium of instruction
  • Immersion teaching
  • Teaching subject
  • Occasionally used
  • Symbolically used
Higher secondary level
Type of language use in education
  • Medium of instruction
  • Immersion teaching
  • Teaching subject
  • Occasionally used
  • Symbolically used
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Specify
Sahu has been used for a simple teaching materials, a simple dictionary, and a Bible
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Sahu has been used for local language songs and church songs
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Sahu is not used
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Sahu is not used
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Sahu is not used

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

Completion