Endangered Languages Project - Chewong

Chewong

^{[aka Cheq Wong, Che'wong, Siwang]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

·

severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Cheq Wong, Che'wong, Siwang, Beri, Chuba, Che' Wong
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Aslian, North Aslian, Chewong
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cwg
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Compare Sources (4)

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

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
400
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
About 400 group members, two dialects, western Kled and eastern Chewong.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Some contact with adjacent Jah Het, Batek and Semaq Beri.

PLACES: Malaysia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Central peninsular Malaysia, east of Raub.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
660
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from COAC (2003).

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is increasing.

PLACES: Malaysia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

comments powered by Disqus

LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

3.6271,102.1907

Compare Sources (1)

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