Informationen von: “South Asia and the Middle East” (289-348 ch. 4) . George Van Driem (2007) , Christopher Mosely · London and NewYork: Routledge
Stark gefährdet
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
A few thousand
"The total number of fluent Lepcha speakers does not exceed a few thousand." (pg.296)
NUTZUNGSBEREICHE
ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
VERBREITUNG
MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT
"Despite spirited attempts to preserve the language, Lepcha has already effectively been lost everywhere in favour of Nepali. There are very few remaining households where the younger generation actively speaks the language, and these households are few and far between." (pg. 296)
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
Nepali
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT
"The entire Lepcha area is bilingual." (pg. 296)
ORTE
Nepal; India
ORTSBESCHREIBUNG
Spoken in kalimpong ("British Bhutan"), as well as in approximately 100 households in Ilam district.
Informationen von: “World Oral Literature Project” .
Gefährdet
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75,826
Informationen von: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Informationen von: “Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages of India” .
Gefährdet
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50,629
Informationen von: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Gefährdet
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available