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ALSO KNOWN AS		Manjhi
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern Zone
ORTHOGRAPHY		no
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mjz
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Information from: “A Grammar of Majhi” (219pp) . Dubi Nanda Dhakal (2014) München LINCOM GmbH

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
24422
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
83227
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Only 29.34% of the entire population can speak the language.

DATE OF INFO: 2011 ccensus

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"The language has either the official status, or it is used for administration, education, and media." (p.2)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Nepali

Scripts (Writing system)

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no written tradition

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: major concentration of the Majhis is found on the banks of Sunkoshi, Tamakoshi, and the adjacent areas

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,087
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Nepal

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
11,322
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~50,000

DATE OF INFO: 1991

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Nepali

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: rivers Narayani and Saptagandaki

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
24,378
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2011 (census data)

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Following up on July 2016 reports about the death of Majhi in India, note that the vitality of Majhi in India may be very different from the vitality of Majhi in Nepal. The 2014 ~24,000 speaker number estimate is based on the Nepal communities.

PLACES: Nepal, India

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Although the main Majhi communities are in Nepal, there may also be Majhi communities in India such as in the Sikkim and Darjeeling areas.

9783862885497	Languages of the World/Materials			2014	A Grammar of Majhi		219pp		München LINCOM GmbH	500				Dubi Nanda Dhakal	Dhakal, Dubi Nanda. 2014. A Grammar of Majhi. München: LINCOM GmbH.		83227	24422	2011 ccensus	10000-99999	Only 29.34% of the entire population can speak the language.	all	Nepali	all	Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13	"The language has either the official status, or it is used for administration, education, and media." (p.2)	14	14		Nepal	major concentration of the Majhis is found on the banks of Sunkoshi, Tamakoshi, and the adjacent areas
				2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	283-348	Christopher Moseley	London & New York: Routledge					George van Driem	George van Driem. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 283-348. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	~50,000	11,322	1991	10000-99999			Nepali		Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Nepali	rivers Narayani and Saptagandaki
			3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing		Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub															Nepal		27.9208, 83.5082
		January		2017	Personal Communication on Majhi									Dubi Nanda Dhakal							Following up on July 2016 reports about the death of Majhi in India, note that the vitality of Majhi in India may be very different from the vitality of Majhi in Nepal. The 2014 ~24,000 speaker number estimate is based on the Nepal communities.									Although the main Majhi communities are in Nepal, there may also be Majhi communities in India such as in the Sikkim and Darjeeling areas.	Nepal, India
					World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			22,087		10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	NPHC 2011	November		2012	National Population and Housing Census 2011 (National Report)					01		Central Bureau of Statistics	http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_phc/Nepal/Nepal-Census-2011-Vol1.pdf		Central Bureau of Statistics. 2012. National Population and Housing Census 2011 (NPHC2011), volume 1. Kathmandu, Nepal.			24,378	2011 (census data)	10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Majhi

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

24422

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,087

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

11,322

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

24,378

Discussion

Majhi

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

24422

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

22,087

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

11,322

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

24,378

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