Endangered Languages Project - Kanan

Kanan

^{[aka Gadu, Gamaan, Kado]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Gadu, Gamaan, Kado, Kantu, Kadu-Ganaan, Kato, Kudo, Maw, Mawteik, Puteik, Asak, Sak, Thet, Gado, Andro, Sengmai, That, Woni, Kadu-Ganaan, ကနန်း
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Kachinic
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin script; Miao (Pollard) script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		zkn
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Banmauk Indaw Pinlebu
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		This languages used to be part of Kado (kdv), which has split into Kadu (zkd) and Kanan (zkn) since 2011 (http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/chg_detail.asp?id=2011-002).

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Information from: “Personal Communication” . David Bradley (February 7, 2014)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~9,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
9,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The Kanan do not intermingled with Kadu and consider themselves a separate ethnic group. Kadu and Kanan may be mutually intelligible, which remains untested.

DATE OF INFO: 2003/2004 (SIL)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Myanmar

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: All live in Southwest Banmauk Towship.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,000
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: positive
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: no
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Strong desire to maintain language and identity"
Scripts (Writing system): Latin script; Miao (Pollard) script

PLACES: Myanmar

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southwestern Banmauk Township, Katha District, Sagaing Division, Myanmar

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Kanan, together with Kadu (zkd), is often classified together under the name Kadu-Kanan. The Kanan and the Kadu share many similarities in terms of their cultures and languages about which the speakers are aware of.

PLACES: Myanmar

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Kanan live along the Mu River (southwestern Banmauk Township within Katha District in Sagaing Division), and their region within Banmauk Township made up of 24 villages.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The Kanan live to the southwest of the Kadu villages in Banmauk Township.They live particularly close to the Mawkhwin Kadu speakers.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000 (including both Kadu (zkd) and Kanan (zkn))
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Myanmar

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
228,725 (including both Kadu (zkd) and Kanan (zkn))
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “A grammar of the Kadu (Asak) language” . David Sangdong (2012)