Endangered Languages Project - Yakha

Yakha

^{[aka Yakkha, Yakkhaba, Yakkhaba Cea]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Yakkha, Yakkhaba, Yakkhaba Cea, Yakkhaba Sala, Dewansala, Yākhā, Yakthomba, Rōi
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Kiranti
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ybh
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Southern Yakha Northern Yakha Eastern Yakha
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “"Documentation and grammatical description of Yakkha, Nepal" HRELP Abstract” . Schackow, Diana (2012)

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
14,000
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sankhuwasawa District

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,648
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
14,648
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,410
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
17,003
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
14,600 in Nepal (2001 census)

PLACES: Nepal; India

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Yakha in India also favor Nepali."

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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