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This page reports contributions that have been received for the Ethnologue description of this language. Please read the community norms page for more information on contributing.

community orthography in use

Brendon Yoder, Wed, 2022-05-11 16:04
Regarding: 
Writing
ISO 639-3: 
flh

A community orthography has been developed and is in use in the community, primary for Bible translation. Portions of Genesis have been translated, and translation of Mark is beginning.

Yoder, Brendon. 2017. Participatory orthography development in Abawiri. In Paper presented at the 5th International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC5). Honolulu, HI. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/42060.
Editorial Action

We will add a Grammar as part of the Development Status for Foau [flh], to be included in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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orthography, translation in progress

Brendon Yoder, Wed, 2022-05-11 16:00
Regarding: 
Language Status
ISO 639-3: 
flh

A community orthography has been developed and is in use in the community, primary for Bible translation. Portions of Genesis have been translated, and translation of Mark is beginning.

Editorial Action

We will add a writing system (Latin) for Foau [flh], to be included in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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population increase

Brendon Yoder, Wed, 2022-05-11 15:58
Regarding: 
Population
ISO 639-3: 
flh

Based on a recent census Yulianus Wau, community leader, reports that there are currently just over 550 speakers of Abawiri / Foau. Most of these live in the village of Fuau while roughly 100 individuals live in more urban areas. Population growth has occurred due to medical advances; intergenerational transmission continues unbroken.

Editorial Action

We will update the L1 speaker population for Foau [flh] in Papua, Indonesia, to be included in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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