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Name: Urak Lawoi'
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Orak Lawoi'; Lawta; Chaw Talay; Chawnam; Lawoi
Spoken in: Thailand, Malaysia
Number of speakers: 3,000 (1984 D. Hogan). Ethnic population: 3,000 (2000 D. Bradley) (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 5000 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 3000 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: urk
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Austronesian
Parent Subgroup: Malay (maly)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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