Lengilu
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Lengilo speakers are Lundayeh ethnic who claim to have their own language identity. In the field, we saw that adults and young people are actively speaking Lundayeh. So, they maintain their own identity linguistically but not ethnically with Lundayeh.
We will update the information on language vitality for Lengilu [lgi] in Indonesia, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.
Total of speaker population
During the discussion with the church leader and the local communities, we discover that the population of these communities is about 900-1000 active speakers. This number is still a prediction since the communities use the term kepala keluarga (head of the family). There are around 300-600 kepala keluarga who actively use this
We will update the L1 speaker population for Lengilu [lgi] in Indonesia, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.
Dialects of Lengilo
In the dialect mapping, the community shows us that there are 4 dialects: Long Layu, Ba' Liku, Long Padi, and Binuang.
We will add the dialect names for Lengilu [lgi] in Indonesia, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.
Alternate names
In a collaboration workshop with Kartidaya (Wycliffe in Indonesia), we found out that the language name is called Lengilo by the local speaker.
Lengilu is used by Lundaye speakers to refer to them.
We will add Lengilo as an alternate name for Lengilu [lgi] in Indonesia, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.