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CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Volta-Congo, Gur
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cli
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Information from: “Sociolinguistic survey of the Chakali language area” (37) . Tompkins, Barbara and Kluge, Angela (2002) SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~5,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1995

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: A group of villages at the east end of the Wa district

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2003

MORE ON VITALITY

Home. In Tuasa, only older people; in other villages children also use it. Also use Wali [wlx]. Chakali seem to accept the Wali language, but do not approve of it being used in their homes.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Wali

Scripts (Writing system)

None

PLACES: Ghana

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "East of Wa; Ducie village is largest."

	SIL electronic survey reports (SILESR), #2002-035				2002	Sociolinguistic survey of the Chakali language area		37				SIL International									Tompkins, Barbara and Kluge, Angela	Tompkins, Barbara and Angela Kluge. 2002. "Sociolinguistic Survey of the Chakali Language Area." 37. SIL International.	EBALL					~5,000	1995	1000-9999													Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)									A group of villages at the east end of the Wa district
			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					6,000	2003	1000-9999						Wali							Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Home. In Tuasa, only older people; in other villages children also use it. Also use Wali [wlx]. Chakali seem to accept the Wali language, but do not approve of it being used in their homes.					Ghana	"East of Wa; Ducie village is largest."	9.823968, -1.988876

Chakali

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~5,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

6,000

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Chakali

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~5,000

Threatened

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6,000

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