Endangered Languages Project - Dhanwar

Dhanwar

^{[aka Dhanvar, Danuwar Rai, Danuwar]}

Classification: Indo-European

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Dhanvar, Danuwar Rai, Danuwar, Denwar, Danuvār
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dhw
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Done Danuwar Kachāḍiyā Danuwar Danuvār Rāī
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Zagrosians and Indo-Europeans” (994-1176 ch. 7) . George Van Driem (2001) Brill

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23,721
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
50,574
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Based on census data; half of the population speaks Dhanwar.

DATE OF INFO: 1991

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sindhulī and Udaypur districts in the Inner Terai; also in the hills of Kābhrepālañcok and Sindhupālcok districts and in the Terai districts of Sarlāhī, Mahottarī, Dhanuṣā and Sirāhā

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
31,849
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001 census

PLACES: Nepal

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
31,800
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
53,229
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2001 census. "No monolinguals (Toba, Toba and Rai 2005)."

DATE OF INFO: 2001

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: Nepal

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
31,849
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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