Te'un in Indonesia

Speakers

2,605

Type

Location

Te'un in Indonesia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Te'un in Indonesia

Size

2,605

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
Negeri Watludan, Negeri Yafila, and Negeri Mesa, Teon Nila Serua Subdistrict, Maluku Tengah District, Maluku Province.
Comments
Teon is one of local language (bahasa daerah) in Maluku 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
Negeri Watludan, Negeri Yafila, and Negeri Mesa, Teon Nila Serua Subdistrict, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku Province.

Size / Number of users

Number of users

2605
Source
The Teon vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.
Year
2021
Comments

This number is all Teon speakers in Watludan Village, Yafila Village, and Mesa Village.

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language

Users within the reference community

More than 50% use the language
Actual percentage
70
Source
The Teon vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.
Year
2021
Comments
Teon speakers are part of the population in Negeri Watludan, Negeri Yafila, and Negeri Mesa. Not all of them can speak Teon. Some of them use Malay Ambon and Indonesian.

Age distribution of users

300
12
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

The Teon vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.

Year
2021

Age distribution of users

2,000
77
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

The Teon vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.

Year
2021

Age distribution of users

300
12
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

The Teon vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.

Year
2021

Generational use

0
0
2,605
Limited to middle and older generations
Source

The Teon vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.

Year
2021
Comments

There are no data on percentage of female and male users among Teon community.
The older generations (>65 years) can speak Teon; the middle generations are passive speakers (40--65 years); the younger generations (<15 years) do not understand the language.

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Craft and related trades workers
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Services and sales workers

Language competence

Language not used
Comments

The younger generations (<15 years) do not understand the language.

Understand well, speak/sign some
Source

The middle generations are passive speakers (40--65 years).

Understand all, speak/sign well
Comments

The older generations (>65 years) can speak Teon.

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 Teon vitality research report conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology (2021)
Comments
Negeri Watludan, Negeri Yafila, and Negeri Mesa, Teon Nila Serua Subdistrict, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku Province.

Economic dimension

Economic scope
  • Quinary sector
  • Quaternary sector
  • Tertiary sector
  • Secondary sector
  • Primary sector
  • Language not used
Comments
Teon is not used in intellectual activities, service industry, and manufacturing of finished goods

Functional dimension

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

Teon speakers use Malay Ambon more than Teon in everyday domains and use Teon and Malay Ambon in private domain equally.

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

Teon speakers use Melayu Ambon more than Teon in everyday domains and use Teon and Malay Ambon in private domain equally.

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

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
Teon 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
Comments
The Teon speakers use Melayu Ambon or Indonesian in formal education.
Primary level
Comments
The Teon speakers use Melayu Ambon or Indonesian in formal education.
Lower secondary level
Comments
The Teon speakers use Melayu Ambon or Indonesian in formal education.
Higher secondary level
Comments
The Teon speakers use Melayu Ambon or Indonesian in formal education.
Tertiary level
Comments
The Teon speakers use Melayu Ambon or Indonesian in formal education.

Public healthcare

Comments
The language used in this domain is Indonesian

Information, communication and cultural production

Comments
The language used in this domain is Indonesian

Legal system

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

Completion