Endangered Languages Project - Birhor

Birhor

^{[aka Birhar, Bīrhaṛ, Bihor]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Birhar, Bīrhaṛ, Bihor, Birhore, Mankidi, Mankidia, Birhɔɽ, Mundari, Mundari-Ho
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Kherwarian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		biy
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

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

MORE ON VITALITY

Assimilating into the Bihari speech community.

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Bihar state, Simhabhum, Palamu, Hazaribag, Ranci

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Nomadic habits make assessment difficult. Some estimates as low as 1,000 (Parkin 1991)."

DATE OF INFO: 1998

PLACES: India

Threatened

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

Vulnerable

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

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