Информация из: “South Asia and the Middle East” (289-348 ch. 4) . George Van Driem (2007) , Christopher Mosely · London and NewYork: Routledge
В серьезной опасности
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)
ОБЛАСТЬ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ
РАЗГОВОРНЫЕ ТЕНДЕНЦИИ
ПЕРЕДАЧА
ДОПОЛНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ИНФОРМАЦИЯ О СТАТУСЕ ЯЗЫКА
"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)
ДРУГИЕ ЯЗЫКИ, ИСПОЛЬЗУЕМЫЕ ДАННЫМ СООБЩЕСТВОМ СООБЩЕСТВОМ
Nepali
О КОНТЕКСТЕ ЯЗЫКА
"The entire Lepcha area is bilingual." (pg. 296)
ГЕОГРАФИЯ
Nepal; India
ОПИСАНИЕ РЕГИОНА
Spoken in kalimpong ("British Bhutan"), as well as in approximately 100 households in Ilam district.
Информация из: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
В уязвимом положении
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Информация из: “World Oral Literature Project” .
В уязвимом положении
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
75,826
Информация из: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Информация из: “Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages of India” .
В уязвимом положении
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available