Bishnupuriya
[aka Bishnupriya,Bisna Puriya, Bishnupria Manipuri]Classification: Indo-European
·vulnerable
Classification: Indo-European
·vulnerable
Bishnupriya,Bisna Puriya, Bishnupria Manipuri |
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Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern Zone |
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Bangla scripts; Devanagri |
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ISO 639-3 |
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Information from: “Bishnupriya (Manipuri) Speakers in Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey” (100) . Amy Kim and Seung Kim (2008)
"As nearly all Bishnupriya children attend Bangla-medium schools, the current trend appears to be that Bangla will become increasingly prevalent and important in their daily lives. Although Bishnupriya is reportedly being used fluently by children today, it is very possible that as they become more fluent in Bangla, that will be less apt to use Bishnupriya widely [...] While Bishnupriya speakers concede the need for Bangla, they also demonstrate a pride in their own language." (p. 12-13)
Bangla
In Bangladesh, the Bishnupriya use Bishnupriya within their villages on a daily basis whereas Bangla is used for education and for religion (Bangla and Bishnupriya are both used in the domain of religion). In Assam state (India), Bishnupriya is being taught in government primary schools.
"Bishnupriya is primarily used for oral communication, but there is also a small, committed group of people who want to promote Bishnupriya in written form. In Bangladesh, there are literary magazines and books that are being published in Bishnupriya and, in Assam state, Bishnupriya is being taught in government primary schools. Also, although Bishnupriya is now written exclusively using the Bangla script, this wasn't always so. According to some, Bishnupriya was written using the Devanagri script prior to the takeover of Manipur by the Meiteis." (p.11)
"Currently, Bishnupriya is spoken in Manipur, Tripura, and Assam states in India, in some parts of Myanmar, and in Sylhet division in Bangladesh. There are only a small number of Bishnupriya remaining in Manipur state (in the Jiribam subdistrict) since most Bishnupriya fled Manipur to neighboring lands and countries in the eighteenth century. For those who remained, it was difficult to keep and promote their mother tongue due to the dominant influence of the Meitei people, culture, and language." (p. 11)
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SOURCE: “South Asia and the Middle East” (289-348 ch. 4) . George Van Driem (2007) , Christopher Mosely · London and NewYork: Routledge |
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 | 72,899 | 10000-99999 | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | 24.297,92.4499 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Bishnupriya (Manipuri) Speakers in Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey | 100 | SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2008-003 | SIL International | http://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9100 | Amy Kim and Seung Kim | Kim, Amy and Seung Kim. 2008. "Bishnupriya (Manipuri) Speakers in Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey." SIL international. 100pp. | HHOLD | official domains; school; religion | Bangla | very positive | In Bangladesh, the Bishnupriya use Bishnupriya within their villages on a daily basis whereas Bangla is used for education and for religion (Bangla and Bishnupriya are both used in the domain of religion). In Assam state (India), Bishnupriya is being taught in government primary schools. | all | Vulnerable (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | 10 | "As nearly all Bishnupriya children attend Bangla-medium schools, the current trend appears to be that Bangla will become increasingly prevalent and important in their daily lives. Although Bishnupriya is reportedly being used fluently by children today, it is very possible that as they become more fluent in Bangla, that will be less apt to use Bishnupriya widely [...] While Bishnupriya speakers concede the need for Bangla, they also demonstrate a pride in their own language." (p. 12-13) | 11 | 10 | India; Bangladesh; Myanmar | "Currently, Bishnupriya is spoken in Manipur, Tripura, and Assam states in India, in some parts of Myanmar, and in Sylhet division in Bangladesh. There are only a small number of Bishnupriya remaining in Manipur state (in the Jiribam subdistrict) since most Bishnupriya fled Manipur to neighboring lands and countries in the eighteenth century. For those who remained, it was difficult to keep and promote their mother tongue due to the dominant influence of the Meitei people, culture, and language." (p. 11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | South Asia and the Middle East | Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages | 289-348 | Christopher Mosely | London and NewYork: Routledge | 4 | George Van Driem | Driem, George Van. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Mosely. 289-348. London and NewYork: Routledge. | 114 | 1964 | 100-999 | Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Oral Literature Project | http://www.oralliterature.org | "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org. | 115,000 | 100000 | At risk (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 | 115,000 | 100000 | There are 75,000 speakers in India (1997). | At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | India; Bangladesh |