Endangered Languages Project - Kaco'

Kaco'

^{[aka Kachah', Kacho', Kachok]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Kachah', Kacho', Kachok, Kacoq, Kacok, Kancho, Kachah
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Bahnaric, North Bahnaric
ORTHOGRAPHY		no
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		xkk
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Language Use and Attitudes of Kachok Speakers: Towards an Assessment of the Kachok Language Vitality” . Magaspag, Chitse E. (2012)

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,365
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3,365

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: positive
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Men are more likely to be able to speak neighboring languages than women.
Scripts (Writing system): no

PLACES: Cambodia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: the Andoung Meas (អណូងមស) district and the Veun Sai (វនែសឺ ) district

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "All Kachok villages are situated in the Andoung Meas (អណូងមស) district relatively close to one another, with the exception of Kaoh Peak village that is in the Veun Sai (វនែសឺ ) district." (p.11)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,370
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2007

PLACES: Cambodia

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100-999
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~1,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
About 1,000 group members located by Gerard Diffloth; formerly misidentified as Lamam, a clan name among this and some surrounding groups.

PLACES: Cambodia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northeastern Virochey Province

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing