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CLASSIFICATION		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Malayo-Chamic, Chamic
ORTHOGRAPHY		yes
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ibh
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Information from: “A grammar of Bih” . Tam Thi Minh Nguyen (2013)

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Ethnic population
500

DATE OF INFO: as of 2009

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Bih is used only among Bih speakers

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Ede; Vietnamese

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

No monolingual in Bih; all ethnic Bih speak Ede and/or Vietnamese. Bih grammar is heavily influenced by Ede due to language contact and shift.

Scripts (Writing system)

yes

More on Orthography

based on the Ede orthography

PLACES: Vietnam

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "in Buon Trap town in the district of Krong Ana, with a small population resident in the neighboring districts of Lak in the east, where Mnong people live, and in the district of Cư Kuiñ in the north and in Buôn Ma Thuột city in the northwest, and in the district of Krông Nô in the south where Ede is the dominant language" (p. 5-6)

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
500

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Buon Trap town, Vietnam

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: southern highlands of Vietnam

Bih

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Discussion

					2010	"Doctoral Dissertation Research: Documenting Bih, An Austronesian Language of Vietnam In A Comparative Perspective: A Bih/Rade/English/Vietnamese Dictionary" NSF DEL Abstract														http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0950323&WT.z_pims_id=12816	DeLancey, Scott	Delancey, Scott. 2010. ""Doctoral Dissertation Research: Documenting Bih, An Austronesian Language of Vietnam In A Comparative Perspective: A Bih/Rade/English/Vietnamese Dictionary" NSF DEL Abstract." Online: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0950323&WT.z_pims_id=12816.			500			30		10-99						Vietnamese							Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								Buon Trap town, Vietnam	southern highlands of Vietnam	12.840,108.045
		March			2013	A grammar of Bih													University of Oregon		Tam Thi Minh Nguyen	Tam Thi Minh Nguyen. 2013. A grammar of Bih. Doctoral Dissertation, Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon.			500				as of 2009						all	Ede; Vietnamese				No monolingual in Bih; all ethnic Bih speak Ede and/or Vietnamese. Bih grammar is heavily influenced by Ede due to language contact and shift.		all	Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		Bih is used only among Bih speakers		15			Vietnam	"in Buon Trap town in the district of Krong Ana, with a small population resident in the neighboring districts of Lak in the east, where Mnong people live, and in the district of Cư Kuiñ in the north and in Buôn Ma Thuột city in the northwest, and in the district of Krông Nô in the south where Ede is the dominant language" (p. 5-6)

Bih

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Language information by source

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Discussion

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