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ALSO KNOWN AS		Chhori, Tśiru, Rem, Riem, चीरू‎ (Cīrū), Riemchawng [remcɔŋ]
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Kuki-Chin, Northwestern Kuki-Chin
ORTHOGRAPHY		Roman script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		cdf; chir1283
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Information from: “Agreement in Chiru” (78-90) . Mechek Sampar Awan (2019)

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,599
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2011 Indian census

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: The Chiru people maintain their culture and traditional lifestyle, family structure, child-naming, marriage, clothing, etc.
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Due to distances between the 12 Chiru villages, each community has more interaction with neighboring language communities than with each other.
Scripts (Writing system): Roman script
More on Orthography: The Chiru Primer, and the New Testament Bible in Chiru are two of the few books that have been published.

PLACES: 12 villages in Kangpokpi, Noney and Churachandpur districts of Manipur; 1 village in Cachar District of Assam, Northeast India

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from A. Khorong (2000).

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Educated youth are more interested in developing L1 and preserving culture than elders. Mixed attitudes among the community.
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT: Recognised tribal language of Manipur
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Bengali (Bangla), Latin (Latn)
More on Orthography: Literacy rate 56% in English and Meitei

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Manipur

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Rapidly losing ground to Meithei, the state majority language

PLACES: India: Manipur state

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Manipur district. Villages are located on hills overlooking the central plain of Manipur. Nungsai Chiru, a Chiru village, is located a few kilometers to the west of Bishenpur town, about 30 kilometers south-west of Imphal.

			1986	Socio-economic development in tribal area of Manipur (a case study of the Chirus of Nungsai Chiru)				B.R. Publishing			Delhi				S.A. Ansari	Ansari, S. A. (1986). Socio-economic development in tribal area of Manipur. BR Pub. Corp..													India	Manipur district. Villages are located on hills overlooking the central plain of Manipur. Nungsai Chiru, a Chiru village, is located a few kilometers to the west of Bishenpur town, about 30 kilometers south-west of Imphal.	24.636, 93.718
ISSN 1544-7502		1	2019	Agreement in Chiru		78-90			Himalayan Linguistics	18			Assam University, Silchar	https://doi.org/10.5070/H918143310	Mechek Sampar Awan			8,599	2011 Indian census	1000-9999				The Chiru people maintain their culture and traditional lifestyle, family structure, child-naming, marriage, clothing, etc.	Due to distances between the 12 Chiru villages, each community has more interaction with neighboring language communities than with each other.	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	12	12 villages in Kangpokpi, Noney and Churachandpur districts of Manipur; 1 village in Cachar District of Assam, Northeast India		25.0918,93.5837;24.2042,93.4211;24.4444,92.5008
			2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	289-348	Christopher Mosely	London and NewYork: Routledge				4			George Van Driem	Driem, George Van. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Mosely. 289-348. London and NewYork: Routledge.									Rapidly losing ground to Meithei, the state majority language				India: Manipur state
	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	7,000		1000-9999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from A. Khorong (2000).	English, Meitei	Recognised tribal language of Manipur	Educated youth are more interested in developing L1 and preserving culture than elders. Mixed attitudes among the community.		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			India	Manipur	24.8, 93.6

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