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ALSO KNOWN AS		Veda, Vedda, Veddha, Weda, Wedda, Weddo, Beda, Bedda
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ved
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Information from: “Endangered languages of South Asia” (303-341) . van Driem, George (2007) , Brenzinger, Matthias · Mouton de Gruyter

Dormant
0?
Native speakers worldwide

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"It is not known whether there are still any surviving speakers of the original, albeit heavily Indo-Aryanised Vedda language..." (p.305)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Sinhalese

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"absorbed into modern Sinhalese society in terms of both lifestyle and language." (p. 305)

PLACES: Sri Lanka

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,500 (2002)

DATE OF INFO: 1993

MORE ON VITALITY

Veddah reportedly no longer used (Breton 1997)

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Shifting to Sinhala

PLACES: Sri Lanka

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Eastern mountains, Badulla and Polonnaruwa districts

Endangered

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

Endangered

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

		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		300		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				7.346,81.3935
	Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs		2007	Endangered languages of South Asia	Language Diversity Endangered	303-341	Brenzinger, Matthias	Mouton de Gruyter			van Driem, George	van Driem, George. 2007. "Endangered Languages of South Asia." In Language Diversity Endangered, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 303-341. Mouton de Gruyter.	HHOLD		0?			all	Sinhalese	"absorbed into modern Sinhalese society in terms of both lifestyle and language." (p. 305)	all	Dormant ()	"It is not known whether there are still any surviving speakers of the original, albeit heavily Indo-Aryanised Vedda language..." (p.305)	Sri Lanka
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.														7.0,81.0
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			300		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		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	2,500 (2002)	300	1993	100-999			Shifting to Sinhala		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Veddah reportedly no longer used (Breton 1997)	Sri Lanka	Eastern mountains, Badulla and Polonnaruwa districts

Veddah

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Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

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Veddah

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Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

300

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