• Threatened

  80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 1,0000

  Native speakers worldwide
• Ethnic population

  16,000

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Children learn to speak Mandarin at the age of 7. Community announcements and meetings are held in Mandarin. Younger generation tends to code-switch between Muji and Mandarin frequently.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

no

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

no

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Mandarin

Scripts (Writing system)

no

PLACES

Yunnan Province, China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

Kafang (卡房), Laochang (老廠) and Datun (大屯) Townships of Gejiu (箇舊) City, and eastern Lengquan (冷泉) Township of Mengzi (蒙自) County.

• Threatened

  20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 10,000

  Native speakers worldwide
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  10,000 (2008)

DATE OF INFO

2008

PLACES

China;