Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Mira Sagtengpa, Dakpa, Brokpa, Dap, Mera Sagtengpa, Sagtengpa, Meragsagstengkha, Jobikha, Drokpakay, Damilo
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Bodish
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		sgt
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 2,000 speakers in the Mera area, and 3,000 in the Sagteng area.

	2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	283-348	Christopher Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			George van Driem	George van Driem. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 283-348. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	<5,000		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Bhutan	Bumthang district
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	5,000		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			27.3766,91.9981
		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		5,000		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	5,000	2006	1000-9999	There are 2,000 speakers in the Mera area, and 3,000 in the Sagteng area.	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Bhutan

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