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ALSO KNOWN AS		Patua, Patra-Saara, Puttooas, Juango
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Munda, South Munda, Juang
ORTHOGRAPHY		Oriya Script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		jun
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Information from: “Juang” (508-556 ch. 10) . Manideepa Patnaik (2008) , Gregory D. S. Anderson · Routledge

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30875
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001 census

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"Speakers of this language use their mother tongue not only at home but also with their peers in school and other places in the community." (p.508)

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

very positive

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Oriya

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"They look up to their culture and have a very positive attitude towards their language. Language proficiency is pretty impressive even in the case of bilingual or multilingual Juangs though it is higher among the older generation. The medium of education is Oriya though the government has prepared a few Juang primers for children and older people." (pp. 508-509)

Scripts (Writing system)

Oriya Script

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Gonasika and Pillara hills, and Keonjhar and Dhenkanal districts

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
No monolingual speakers of Juang

DATE OF INFO: 2000

SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Positive language attitudes
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Oriya proficiency is higher among men and the educated.
Scripts (Writing system): Oriya Script

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Odisha, south Keonjhar, north Angul, east Dhenkanal districts.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~30,000
Native speakers worldwide

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Threatened overall and locally endangered.

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Very low status language.

		2012	Personal Communication				Personal Communication					Gregory Anderson	Gregory Anderson. 2012. "Personal Communication."		~30,000		10000-99999					Very low status language.		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Threatened overall and locally endangered.
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer		Oxford University Press	New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																		21.3333333333,86.0
	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	50,000	2000	10000-99999	No monolingual speakers of Juang		Oriya	Positive language attitudes	Oriya proficiency is higher among men and the educated.		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					India	Odisha, south Keonjhar, north Angul, east Dhenkanal districts.
		2008	Juang	The Munda Languages	508-556	Gregory D. S. Anderson		Routledge		10		Manideepa Patnaik	Manideepa Patnaik. 2008. Juang. In Gregory D. S. Anderson (ed.), The Munda Languages, pp. 508-556. London and New York: Routledge.		30875	2001 census	10000-99999		non-official domains	Oriya	very positive	"They look up to their culture and have a very positive attitude towards their language. Language proficiency is pretty impressive even in the case of bilingual or multilingual Juangs though it is higher among the older generation. The medium of education is Oriya though the government has prepared a few Juang primers for children and older people." (pp. 508-509)	almost all	Vulnerable (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"Speakers of this language use their mother tongue not only at home but also with their peers in school and other places in the community." (p.508)	11	10	India	Gonasika and Pillara hills, and Keonjhar and Dhenkanal districts
	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	23,000		10000-99999							Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							21.0742,85.6164
			World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		50,000		10000-99999							Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Juang

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30875

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

23,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~30,000

Discussion

Juang

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30875

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

23,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~30,000

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