Napu

NPY

threatened

Alternate Names: Pekurehua

Dialects: None known. Reportedly most similar to Behoa ,.

Genealogy:

Austronesian
Malayo-Polynesian
Celebic
Kaili-Pamona
Southern
Badaic

Demographics: 6,100 (2000 R. Hanna), increasing.

Language Use: 60% of parents pass it on to the children. Young people tend to use Indonesian [ind] (Wurm 2007). Some domains, hymns, work announcements. Mildly positive attitudes. Nearly all also use Indonesian [ind].

Language Development: High interest in Napu literature. NT: 2000.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Indonesia

Other Comments: Christian.