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ALSO KNOWN AS		Chawng, Shong, Xong, Cong, ʃong, kui
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Pearic, Central Chong
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cog
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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~2,000
CHILDREN
0

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Thailand

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Chantaburi Province, Makham and Phongnamrawn districts

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,500
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Due to the rapid decrease in mother tongue transmission, now it is difficult to determine the exact number of Chong speakers. Different studies present different numbers of Chong speakers in Thailand, ranging from merely 500 (Grimes 2000) to about 4000 (Premsrirat et al. 2007)... The younger generation, especially those under 30 years old, cannot speak Chong." (p.603)

TRANSMISSION
More on Orthography: "The Chong Language Revitalization Program (CLRP) began with cooperation between Chong dlers and Mahidol linguists with strong community motivation and commitment.... The Chong Language Revitalization Program (CLRP) is composed of orthography development, literature production, curriculum development, teaching Chong as a subject in school (by native language speakers), and a Chong community learning center for public at large." (p.604)

PLACES: Thailand

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Khao Khitchakut district of Chanthaburi province

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 5,000 speakers in Cambodia.

PLACES: Cambodia; Thailand

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
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			500	100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					12.9506,102.0374
	2015	Chong	The Handbook of Austroasiatic Languages	603-642	Sidwell, Paul and Mathias Jenny	Brill	Leiden		Premsrirat, Suwilai and Nattamon Rojanakul	Premsrirat, Suwilai and Nattamon Rojanakul. 2015. Chong. In The Handbook of Austroasiatic Languages, edited by Sidwell, Paul and Mathias Jenny, pp. 603-642. Brill.			0			"Due to the rapid decrease in mother tongue transmission, now it is difficult to determine the exact number of Chong speakers. Different studies present different numbers of Chong speakers in Thailand, ranging from merely 500 (Grimes 2000) to about 4000 (Premsrirat et al. 2007)... The younger generation, especially those under 30 years old, cannot speak Chong." (p.603)			Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13		Thailand	Khao Khitchakut district of Chanthaburi province
	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	~2,000		~500	100-999		Thai	All	Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	14	Thailand	Chantaburi Province, Makham and Phongnamrawn districts
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.				5,500	1000-9999				Threatened (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			5,500	1000-9999	There are 5,000 speakers in Cambodia.			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Cambodia; Thailand

Chong

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Language information by source

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,500

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,500

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

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Chong

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,500

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,500

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

500

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