La información está incompleta “South Asia and the Middle East” (289-348 ch. 4) . George Van Driem (2007) , Christopher Mosely · London and NewYork: Routledge
En grave peligro de extinción
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)
DOMINIOS DE USO
TENDENCIAS DE HABLANTES
TRANSMISIÓN
MÁS SOBRE LA VITALIDAD
"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)
OTRAS LENGUAS UTILIZADAS POR LA COMUNIDAD
Nepali
COMENTARIOS SOBRE CONTEXTO DE LA LENGUA
"The entire Lepcha area is bilingual." (pg. 296)
LUGARES
Nepal; India
DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN
Spoken in kalimpong ("British Bhutan"), as well as in approximately 100 households in Ilam district.
La información está incompleta “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
La información está incompleta “Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages of India” .
Susceptible de extinción
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50,629
La información está incompleta “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Susceptible de extinción
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
La información está incompleta “World Oral Literature Project” .
Susceptible de extinción
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available