Sawai 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

Weda Utara dan Weda Selatan District, Halmahera Tengah Regency

Comments

Sawai is one of local languages (bahasa daerah) in 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

North Weda and South Weda Subdistricts, Central Halmahera Regency, North Maluku Province

Size / Number of users

Number of users

12000

Source

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

Year

2016

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language

Comments

more than 50%

Users within the reference community

More than 50% use the language

Actual percentage

60

Source

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

Year

2016

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Comments

There's no data about actual number or percentage of age distribution of Sawai community

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Comments

There's no data about actual number or percentage of age distribution of Sawai community

Age distribution of users

0

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Comments

There's no data about actual number or percentage of age distribution of Sawai community

Generational use

0

Reduced among young generations

Comments

There's no data about actual percentage of female and male users among Sawai community

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

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 Sawai vitality report research which conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology (2019)

Comments

Sawai is Spoken in the subdistricts of North Weda and South Weda, Central Halmahera Regency, North Maluku 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

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Functional scope

Public domains
Everyday domains
Private domains

Functional use 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

Language not used

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

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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