Talk:Duriankari language

Extinct or not

De Vries reports that in 1994 he was told by the people of Seget (across the straits from the Duriankari area) that the Duriankari language had died out. This seems to contradict the statement in ethnologue, that there are some speakers left, but this is cited to Wurm 2000 (is that personal communication?). I don't know how recent Wurm's data actually is, but it's unlikely to be more recent than that of de Vries. It appears more probable that the language is extinct, unless it turns out that the language of Seget is regarded as Duriankari rather than Inanwatan. – Uanfala (talk) 22:18, 9 June 2019 (UTC)