Endangered Languages Project - Chrau

Chrau

^{[aka Jro, Ro, Tamun]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Jro, Ro, Tamun, Chauro, Choro, Chíoro
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Bahnaric, Eastern Bahnaric, South Bahnaric, Stieng-Chrau
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		crw
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Voqtwaq Vajieng Dor Chalah Jro Chalun Prang Mro Tamun
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<15,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
15,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
About 15,000 members of this officially recognized ethnic group, the southernmost Bahnaric language, but far fewer speakers because of its location just to the east of Saigon.

PLACES: Vietnam

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southern Vietnam

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,567
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,600
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from 1999 census. Few speakers are monolingual.

DATE OF INFO: 1999

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: Vietnam

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

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10.5634,107.1496

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press