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ALSO KNOWN AS		East Pear
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Pearic, Northern Chong
ORTHOGRAPHY		no
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sxm
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Information from: “The study of Samre's world view: the belief in sorcerer spirits” (171-182) . Pornsawan, Ploykaew (2005)

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20-30
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0 in Thailand
YOUNG ADULTS
0 in Thailand
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
All the fluent speakers are above 55 years old.

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"There are only 20-30 Samre speakers left at present. All of them are over 55 years old. The older Samre people generally speak Thai and they use the Samre language only among their group. The middle-aged and younger members refuse to speak their mother tongue because their ethnic language has no script. This leads to the prediction that this ethnic language in Thailand will be lost in about twenty years." (p.171)

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

negative

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Thai

Scripts (Writing system)

PLACES: Thailand; Cambodia

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
120
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
200
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers and for the ethnic population come from D. Bradley (2000).

PLACES: Cambodia

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<20
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
200 (100 in Thailand and 100 in Cambodia)
CHILDREN
0 (Thailand)
YOUNG ADULTS
0 (Thailand)
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
About 200 group members, half post-1975 refugees in Thailand. Of those in Thailand, fewer than 20 speak the language, and the youngest are approaching 50.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Cambodia and Thailand

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Cambodia: Pursat Province.

	2005	The study of Samre's world view: the belief in sorcerer spirits		171-182			Mon-Khmer Studies	35		http://sealang.net/archives/mks/pdf/35:171-182.pdf	Pornsawan, Ploykaew	Pornsawan, Ploykaew. 2005. The study of Samre's world view: the belief in sorcerer spirits. Mon-Khmer Studies 35:171-182.			0 in Thailand	20-30	10-99	All the fluent speakers are above 55 years old.	all	Thai	no	negative	no	all	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"There are only 20-30 Samre speakers left at present. All of them are over 55 years old. The older Samre people generally speak Thai and they use the Samre language only among their group. The middle-aged and younger members refuse to speak their mother tongue because their ethnic language has no script. This leads to the prediction that this ethnic language in Thailand will be lost in about twenty years." (p.171)	14	15	Thailand; Cambodia
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			120	100-999								Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							12.1166,103.0833
	2007	East and Southeast Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	349-424	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge					David Bradley	Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	200 (100 in Thailand and 100 in Cambodia)	0 (Thailand)	<20	10-99	About 200 group members, half post-1975 refugees in Thailand. Of those in Thailand, fewer than 20 speak the language, and the youngest are approaching 50.							Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15			15	Cambodia and Thailand	Cambodia: Pursat Province.
		World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.				50	10-99								Severely 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	200		50	10-99	Data for the number of native speakers and for the ethnic population come from D. Bradley (2000).							Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Cambodia

Samre

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20-30

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<20

Discussion

Samre

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

20-30

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

120

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<20

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