• Threatened

  100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 300-400

  Native speakers worldwide
• Ethnic population

  300

• SEMI SPEAKERS

  Unknown but interviews suggest many children are semi-speakers

• CHILDREN

  ~150

• YOUNG ADULTS

  ~150

• OLDER ADULTS

  ~200

• ELDERS

  ~100

• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  Numbers are speculative and based on interviews with residents conducted in 2012

DATE OF INFO

2012-2014

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Gyalsumdo is used restricted to three villages: Thonce, Bagarchhap-Danakyu, and Chame

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

positive

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

yes

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

no

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Nepali and Gurung

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

The documentation project is funded by the National Science Foundation. Universities participating include Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Tribhuvan University (Kathmandu, Nepal), University of Surrey (United Kingdom), and the University of Virginia.

Scripts (Writing system)

no

PLACES

Nepal: Manang District

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

concentrated in three villages: Bagarchhap-Danakyu, Thonce, and Chame

• Endangered

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 100-999

  Native speakers worldwide

PLACES

Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

the lower Manang District of Nepal