Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Malto, Malti, Maltu, Maler, Sawriya Malto, Malatri, Râjmahal
CLASSIFICATION		Dravidian, North Dravidian
ORTHOGRAPHY		devanagari
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mjt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Litipara Godda Hiranpur Sahibganj
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Endangered in some locations, attributed low status.

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: spoken in the Rajmahal hills in the Santal Paraganas (northest) of Bihar

	2003	The Dravidian Languages	The Dravidian Languages		Cambridge University Press		http://www.tamilnavarasam.in/books/others/the_dravidian_languages.pdf	Bhadriraju Krishnamurti	Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju. 2003. The Dravidian Languages. Cambridge University Press.		108148					India	spoken in the Rajmahal hills in the Santal Paraganas (northest) of Bihar
		World Oral Literature Project					http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			122,000	100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		Glottolog					http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.							India		24.81, 87.64
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		117,000	10000-99999	"110,000 in India (2000)."	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	India; Bangladesh

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