public_comment: "AUSTLANG lists the variety Kalaw Kawaw Ya as also having 1216 speakers.",
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date_of_info: null,
public_comment: null,
private_comment: null,
source_id:414,
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code_id:4736,
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elders: null,
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date_of_info: "1990",
public_comment: null,
private_comment: null,
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public_comment: "Speaker numbers vary extensively for this language depending on whether the Western (and Central) Torres language is counted as a single language, or whether different numbers of speakers are given for Kalaw Kawaw Ya and Kala Lagaw Ya. There is a sizable ex-pat community in Brisbane and they are working on a language program. The language transmission is fragile, but speakers are strong. Younger speakers are texting in the language, for example.",