Endangered Languages Project - Zakhring

Zakhring

^{[aka Charumba, Zaiwa, Meyor]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Charumba, Zaiwa, Meyor, Zha, 扎語, 扎話
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Midzu
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		zkr
DOWNLOAD		As csv
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		"Those in China have various clan surnames but no group autonym and are included in the Tibetan nationality, while those in India are classified as the Meyor and Zakhring tribes according to their clan names; more recently they have started to use the group name Zaiwa. The Chinese literature refers to them as Zha, from the local Tibetan term for this group, (tsa35), probably derived from the local place name Zayul" (Bradley 2007: 395). Also this language is different from Zaiwa (atb) in Yunnan, China.

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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<1,000
Native speakers worldwide

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All speakers are multilingual.

PLACES: India and China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: China: southeast Tibet, Zayul County, three villages (Songgu, Lading and Tama) in Lower Zayul Township; also India: northeast Arunachal Pradesh, Walong and surrounding villages

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Spoken by under a thousand people with about a third fairly recently arrived in India and the rest still in Tibet.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100-999
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
300

DATE OF INFO: 2002

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Arunachal Pradesh, Lohit District, Walong and Kibithoo, Lohit River area

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing