Baras in Indonesia

Speakers

7,711

Type

Location

Baras in Indonesia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Baras in Indonesia

Size

7,711

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Berangas Village, Alalak District, Barito Kuala Regency and Alalak Utara Village, Banjarmasin Utara District, Banjarmasin City, South Kalimantan Province
Comments
Baras is one of local languages (bahasa daerah) in Indonesia

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials

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Video

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials

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Audio

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban
Administrative units of the country
Baras Village, Baras Subdistrict, Pasangkayu Regency, West Sulawes

Size / Number of users

Number of users

7711
Source
Baras Subdistrict in Figures 2020 (BPS-Statistics of Pasangkayu Regency)
Year
2020
Comments

This number is the total population of Baras Village.

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language

Users within the reference community

Less than 50% use the language
Actual percentage
29
Source
Baras Subdistrict in Figures 2020 (BPS-Statistics of Pasangkayu Regency)
Year
2020

Age distribution of users

0
0
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

There's no data about age distribution of Baras community.
The Agency for Language Development and Cultivation has not researched this language.

Age distribution of users

0
0
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

There are no data on age distribution of Baras community.

Age distribution of users

0
0
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Comments

There are no data on age distribution of Baras community.

Generational use

0
0
0
All generations
Comments

There are no data on generational language use among Baras community.
The Agency for Language Development and Cultivation has not researched the vitality of this language yet.

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations

Language competence

Literacy of users

No one with literacy in the language

Digital use

No digital language use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local
Source
The result of language mapping in Indonesia conducted by Agency for Language Development and Cultivation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, Research and Technology (2019)
Comments
This language is spoken in Baras Village, Baras Subdistrict, Pasangkayu Regency, West Sulawesi Province

Economic dimension

Economic scope
  • Quinary sector
  • Quaternary sector
  • Tertiary sector
  • Secondary sector
  • Primary sector
  • Language not used

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Comments
The Baras speakers use Indonesian in formal education.
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Language use in the legal system
  • General use
  • Legal transactions
  • Court proceedings
  • Written submissions
  • Spoken/signed testimonies
  • Language not used

Geographical scope of legal language use

  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
  • International

Completion