Endangered Languages Project

Alias		Lawa, 'Ugong, Gong, Ugawng, Kanburi Lawa
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Sino-Tibetan, Lolo-Burmese
ORTHGRAFIE		Thai-based scripts
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		ugo
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		Kok Chiang Suphanburi
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche

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Informationen von: “Language Endangerment and Resilience Linguistics: Case Studies of Gong and Lisu” (123-140) . David Bradley (2010)

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
~500
KINDER
0
JUNGE ERWACHSENE
0
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
Speakers age above fifties.

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2003

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

no children learn Gong at home, and people in their 30s-40s have limited language competence.

Documentation projects in Mahidol with participants from Gong communities (PI: Mayuree)

SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG

positive

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Thai; Lao

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

practice exogamy. Most non-Gong spouses in Kok Chiang are from Laos, and non-Gong spouses in Khok Khway are mostly Thai.

Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)

Thai-based scripts

ORTE: Thailand

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Western Central Thailand (Kok Chiang village in Suphanburi สุพรรณบุรี, and Khok Khway village in Uthai Thani อุทัยธานี, Thailand)

WEITERE KOMMENTARE: Some other Gong villages have been relocated due to constructions of dam.

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
500
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
Speaker number data: (D. Bradley 2000)

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

Children speak Thai as L1. Mainly older adults

ORTE: Thailand;

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Kanchanaburi, Uthai Thani, Suphanburi

Ernsthaft gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~80
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
500
KINDER
0
ERWACHSENE
~20
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
Of 500 people in these two villages, about eighty still speak the language: about twenty fluent speakers over fifty years old and additional semi-speakers of varying ability as young as thirty.

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
VERBREITUNG
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT: Called Lawa in Thai, a composite group which includes various Mon-Khmer groups as well as Gong.

ORTE: Thailand

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Northwestern Suphanburi and south- western Uthai Thani provinces

WEITERE KOMMENTARE: Extinct in traditional territory in western Kanchanaburi (or Kanburi for short) Province, moribund (youngest fluent speakers over forty, but revival activities underway) in Kok Chiang village in Suphanburi Province, and endangered in Khok Khwai village in Uthai Thani Province, where the Gong have recently lost their land and dispersed into the surrounding forests.

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Muttersprachler weltweit

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
80
Muttersprachler weltweit

ORTE: Thailand

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
500
KINDER
0
JUNGE ERWACHSENE
0

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2004

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"only elderly people are fluent, while the young do not speak Gong at all in any
interaction. Even the older Gong people use languages other than Gong within the
family domain."

SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG

positive

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Thai; Lao

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

This study is conducted in the Kok Chiang village of Suphanburi (สุพรรณบุรี) Province, Thailand. According to the author, "Gong speakers expressed a neutral attitude
toward their ethnic group, and a positive attitude toward their language and
themselves."

Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)

Thai-based orthography

ORTE: Thailand

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: one village in Uthai Thani (อุทัยธานี) Province and two villages in Suphanburi (สุพรรณบุรี) Province, Thailand.

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		500		80		10-99	Speaker number data: (D. Bradley 2000)						Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Children speak Thai as L1. Mainly older adults				Thailand;	Kanchanaburi, Uthai Thani, Suphanburi
			World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.					80		10-99							Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
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				80		10-99							Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Thailand		15.088,99.523
		2007	East and Southeast Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	349-424	C. Moseley		London & New York: Routledge						David Bradley	Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	~20	500		~80		10-99	Of 500 people in these two villages, about eighty still speak the language: about twenty fluent speakers over fifty years old and additional semi-speakers of varying ability as young as thirty.		Thai; Lao		Called Lawa in Thai, a composite group which includes various Mon-Khmer groups as well as Gong.		Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15			15	Extinct in traditional territory in western Kanchanaburi (or Kanburi for short) Province, moribund (youngest fluent speakers over forty, but revival activities underway) in Kok Chiang village in Suphanburi Province, and endangered in Khok Khwai village in Uthai Thani Province, where the Gong have recently lost their land and dispersed into the surrounding forests.	Thailand	Northwestern Suphanburi and south- western Uthai Thani provinces
		2006	Gong: An endangered language of Thailand									Mahidol University, Thailand		Thawornpat Mayuree	Thawornpat Mayuree. Gong: An Endangered Language of Thailand. PhD thesis, Mahidol University, Thailand, 2006.			500	0	50	2004	10-99		all domains	Thai; Lao	positive	This study is conducted in the Kok Chiang village of Suphanburi (สุพรรณบุรี) Province, Thailand. According to the author, "Gong speakers expressed a neutral attitude toward their ethnic group, and a positive attitude toward their language and themselves."	almost all	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"only elderly people are fluent, while the young do not speak Gong at all in any interaction. Even the older Gong people use languages other than Gong within the family domain."	14	15		Thailand	one village in Uthai Thani (อุทัยธานี) Province and two villages in Suphanburi (สุพรรณบุรี) Province, Thailand.
	2	2010	Language Endangerment and Resilience Linguistics: Case Studies of Gong and Lisu		123-140		online		Anthropological Linguistics	52				David Bradley	David Bradley. 2010. "Language Endangerment and Resilience Linguistics: Case Studies of Gong and Lisu." In Anthropological Linguistics, 52: 123-140.			~500	0	50	2003	10-99	Speakers age above fifties.	all domains	Thai; Lao	positive	practice exogamy. Most non-Gong spouses in Kok Chiang are from Laos, and non-Gong spouses in Khok Khway are mostly Thai.	almost all	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	no children learn Gong at home, and people in their 30s-40s have limited language competence. Documentation projects in Mahidol with participants from Gong communities (PI: Mayuree)	14	15	Some other Gong villages have been relocated due to constructions of dam.	Thailand	Western Central Thailand (Kok Chiang village in Suphanburi สุพรรณบุรี, and Khok Khway village in Uthai Thani อุทัยธานี, Thailand)

Ugong

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

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100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

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80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~80

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Diskussion

Ugong

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Sprachdokumentationsforum

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Ernsthaft gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~80

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

80

Ernsthaft gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Diskussion

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