dangerous and indangerous Language in Indonesia

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Biak language

It is spoken in Biak and Numfor and numerous small islands in this archipelago in the province of Papua, Indonesia will survive.

a.     Biak is still in danger of extinction

-       Only 30.000 speakers

-       Younger generations do not even generally have passive knowledge of the language.

-       Within the main towns the generation of speakers aged between 20 and 50 have only passive knowledge of the language and rarely use the language actively, instead preferring to use Malay.

b.    Deserve to save

-       However, within the villages further from town there were still children who were fluent in Biak.

-       Songs in Biak are also very popular throughout the Islands.

c.     There is a strong initiative to promote the use of Biak Language

-       Translations of various books and teaching manuals.

-       Biak radio station programs.

-       Since 2002 there has also been an initiative to introduce Biak being taught formerly in schools on the Islands.

Mapia language

It is spoken on Mapia Island, 180 km north of the coast of West Papua.

Mapia is an extinct Micronesian language of Indonesia. The population emigrated from Micronesia early in the 20th century, and then assimilated linguistically; the only speaker as of 2000 was an elderly man who had remained behind on the island. The rest of the population of Mapia are now Biak-speaking immigrants.

“Two language of Austronesian in Papua”

Defendable Language (read: Biak)

Biak is a language from Austronesian family. I predict that Biak, a language spoken in Biak and Numfor and numerous small islands in this archipelago in the province of Papua will survive. There are several reasons for my opinion. First, Biak language is still in danger of extinction. There are about 30.000 speakers. The younger generations do not even generally have passive knowledge of the language. Also, within the main towns the generation of speakers aged between 20 and 50 have only passive knowledge of the language and rarely use the language actively, instead preferring to use Malay. Because the Biak is including by endangered language, we must save and survive it together.

For the more, Biak language is deserve to save. However, within the villages further from town there were still children who were fluent in Biak. Songs in Biak are also very popular throughout the Islands. In the other side, there is a strong initiative to promote the use of Biak language. People can read of various books translation and the people can know the Biak language by teaching manuals. They can listen to Biak radio station programs. Since 2002 there has also been an initiative to introduce Biak being taught formerly in schools on the Islands. For these reasons, I believe that people will continue to speak the Biak language.

Undefendable Language (read: Mapia)

Mapia is the name of language it was spoken on Mapia Island, 180 km north of the coast of West Papua. Language family from Mapia is Austronesian. Now, Mapia language was diing out. It was happened cause no again who was spoken Mapia language.  The only speaker as of 2000 was an elderly man who had remained behind on the island. Nowadays, Mapia language is really lost.

Mapia is an extinct Micronesian language of Indonesia. The population emigrated from Micronesia early in the 20th century, and then assimilated linguistically. In addition, many speakers Mapia who migrated to other areas. They use the language of new area and then Mapia language was forgotten.  The rest of the population of Mapia are now Biak-speaking immigrants. There are not effort that can we do to save Mapia language. Nothing radio programs, and nothing spirit native on Mapia Island to everlast it. The translation book is also didn’t expanded. I think, we can’t know how Mapia language was spoken in the last because it was extinct.