Endangered Languages Project - Phake

Phake

^{[aka Phakial, Phakey, Faake]}

Classification: Tai-Kadai

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Phakial, Phakey, Faake, Tai Phakial
CLASSIFICATION		Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai, Southwest-Central Tai, Southwestern Tai
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		phk
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

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are children learning the language.

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: There is a flowering of activity focused on the numerous Phake traditional manuscripts.

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Eleven villages in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, Assam, and Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh

Threatened

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

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

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

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in 9 villages in Assam and 2 villages in Arunachal Pradesh. Assam villages: Namphake, Tipam Phake, Borphake, Nigam Phake, Faneng, Mounglang, Man Mau, Man Long, and Nonglai. Arunachal Pradesh Villages: Wagun and Lung Kung.

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