Endangered Languages Project - Saek

Saek

^{[aka Sek, Tai Sek, Set]}

Classification: Tai-Kadai

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Sek, Tai Sek, Set, 石語
CLASSIFICATION		Tai-Kadai, Kam-Tai, Be-Tai, Tai, Northern Tai
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		skb
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Na Kadok Khammouan
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

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
20,000

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

PLACES: Laos, Thailand and perhaps China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Laos: northwestern areas of Khammouane Province; Thailand: 5 villages in the northeast of Nakorn Phanom Province; perhaps also in China.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Uncertain whether the language survives in China, severely endangered in Thailand, endangered in Laos.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"14,000 in Laos (Diller 1990)."

PLACES: Laos; Thailand;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
25,000
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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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