Tandia language

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Tandia
Native toIndonesia
RegionWest Papua
Extinct(2 speakers in 1991)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3tni
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Glottologtand1253
ELPTandia

Tandia is a nearly extinct Austronesian language in the putative Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) family of Indonesian Papua. Most speakers have shifted to Wandamen. There are only two speakers of Tandia in the world and they both live just south of the Wohsimi River on the Wandamen Peninsula, Irian Jaya Province, Indonesia.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tandia at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009) Closed access icon
  2. ^ "Did you know Tandia is critically endangered?". endangeredlanguages.com.