Endangered Languages Project

Alias		lušnu nin, სვანური ენა, ლუშნუ ნინ, svanuri ena, сванский язык, лушну нин
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		South Caucasian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		sva
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		Lashx Lower Bal Upper Bal Lentex
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche
WEITERE KOMMENTARE		It is important to note that South Caucasian is not genetically related in any demonstrable way to other language families of the Caucasus.

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Informationen von: “"Svan/Udi/Tsova-Tush" DoBES Project” . Jost Gippert and Wolfgang Schultze and Manana Tandashvili (2006)

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
In most recent statistics (1997): Upper Svan dialects ~15,000, Lower Svan dialects <12,000, Kodori region speakers ~2,500

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

ORTE: Georgia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: High mountain region of North West Georgia along the gorges of the rivers Enguri, Cxenis-cqali and Kodori

Stark gefährdet

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
The number of speakers is usually given as 40,000, but in reality it may be down to a few thousand, because many people who have shifted to the closely related Georgian still claim Svan ethnicity.

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ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

While the situation is poorly known, it is possible that there are very few child speakers left. There are certainly some younger speakers, but most speakers appear to be middle-aged or older.

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Georgian

ORTE: Caucasia: northwestern Georgia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Spoken in an area known as Svanetia,
mainly within Mestiya and Lentekhi counties in Georgia, and possibly in small enclaves in the adjacent regions in the Kabard-Balkar Republic in the Russian Federation.

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
15,000
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
Speaker number and ethnic population data (A. Kibrik 2000)

ORTE: Georgia;

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Svantetia region

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

		2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD			1000-9999	The number of speakers is usually given as 40,000, but in reality it may be down to a few thousand, because many people who have shifted to the closely related Georgian still claim Svan ethnicity.		Georgian		Severely Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	While the situation is poorly known, it is possible that there are very few child speakers left. There are certainly some younger speakers, but most speakers appear to be middle-aged or older.	14	14	Caucasia: northwestern Georgia	Spoken in an area known as Svanetia, mainly within Mestiya and Lentekhi counties in Georgia, and possibly in small enclaves in the adjacent regions in the Kabard-Balkar Republic in the Russian Federation.
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.															43.0,42.5
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	15,000	15,000	10000-99999	Speaker number and ethnic population data (A. Kibrik 2000)				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Georgia;	Svantetia region
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		80,000	10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						43.0207,42.3193
		2006	"Svan/Udi/Tsova-Tush" DoBES Project						http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/svan	Jost Gippert and Wolfgang Schultze and Manana Tandashvili	Gippert, Jost, Wolfgang Schultze and Manana Tandashvili. 2006. ""Svan/Udi/Tsova-Tush" DoBES Project." Online: http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/svan.			30,000	10000-99999	In most recent statistics (1997): Upper Svan dialects ~15,000, Lower Svan dialects <12,000, Kodori region speakers ~2,500	education, administration	Georgian	all	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Georgia	High mountain region of North West Georgia along the gorges of the rivers Enguri, Cxenis-cqali and Kodori
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			15,000	10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Svan

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,000

Stark gefährdet

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-9,999

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80,000

Diskussion

Svan

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,000

Stark gefährdet

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-9,999

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80,000

Diskussion

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