Tandia language explained

Tandia
Region:West Papua
States:Indonesia
Extinct:by 2024
Ref:e16
Familycolor:Austronesian
Fam2:Malayo-Polynesian
Fam3:Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Fam4:Eastern Malayo-Polynesian
Fam5:South Halmahera–West New Guinea
Iso3:tni
Linglist:tni.html
Glotto:tand1253
Glottorefname:Tandia

Tandia is an extinct Austronesian language in the putative Cenderawasih (Geelvink Bay) family of Indonesian Papua. Most speakers have shifted to Wandamen. In 1991, there were only two speakers of Tandia in the world, who they both lived just south of the Wohsimi River on the Wandamen Peninsula, Irian Jaya Province, Indonesia.[1] It was confirmed to be a living language in 2009, but by 2024, it was found to have gone extinct by a linguistic survey team.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Did you know Tandia is critically endangered? . endangeredlanguages.com.
  2. Web site: 8 March 2024 . 11 Indigenous Languages Declared Extinct: Education Ministry . 10 September 2024 . Jakarta Globe.