Also Known As:
lušnu nin, სვანური ენა, ლუშნუ ნინ, svanuri ena, сванский язык, лушну нин
Dialects & Varieties
- Lashx
- Lower Bal
- Upper Bal
- Lentex
Recent Resources
Language Svan. sva_word-list_1970_01.html, entries: 1 - 81
Svan
Svan
Severely Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
4
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
4
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Gippert, Jost, Wolfgang Schultze and Manana Tandashvili. 2006. ""Svan/Udi/Tsova-Tush" DoBES Project." Online: http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/svan.
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
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.