Tandia language

Tandia
Native to	Indonesia
Region	West Papua
Extinct	by 2024[1]
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian Eastern Malayo-Polynesian South Halmahera–West New Guinea Tandia
Language codes
ISO 639-3	tni
Linguist List	tni.html
Glottolog	tand1253
ELP	Tandia

Tandia is a recently extinct Austronesian language. Most speakers have shifted to Wandamen. In 1991, there were worldwide only two speakers of Tandia, both of whom lived just south of the Wohsimi River on the Wandamen Peninsula, Irian Jaya Province, Indonesia.^[2] 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.^[3]

It is a primary branch of the South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages.

References

1. Tandia at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
2. "Did you know Tandia is critically endangered?". endangeredlanguages.com.
3. "11 Indigenous Languages Declared Extinct: Education Ministry". Jakarta Globe. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 10 September 2024.