Khatso
[également appelé Kazhuo, 喀卓, Katso]Classification : Sino-Tibetan
·menacée
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Menacée
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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5,432
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5,600
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Roughly 5,600 Khatso people (2010 Chinese census); about 97% of these are speakers at some level.
- DOMAINES D'UTILISATION
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- TENDANCES AU NIVEAU DES LOCUTEURS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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Intergenerational transmission is occurring, but imperfectly. Downward trend in speaker numbers. Language is used daily in the village, but children are taught Mandarin first so they can integrate into education system; as a result, their language skills are more and more influenced by Mandarin.
- SOUTIEN GOUVERNEMENTAL
- None
- SOUTIEN INSTITUTIONNEL
- Cultural committee
- AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
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Mandarin
- COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
No orthography, no media, no government support. There is a cultural committee.
- Caractères, systèmes d'écriture et orthographes
- None
- PLACES
- China;
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Xingmeng Township, Tonghai County, Yunnan, China.