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ALSO KNOWN AS		Olangchung Gola, Walungchung Gola, Walung, Walunggi Keccya, Halung
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Bodish
ORTHOGRAPHY		Tibetan script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ola
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Information from: “An investigation of tone in Walungge” . Bartram, Cathryn Virgina (2011)

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~1000
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

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The Walungge living in their homeland still retain their mother tongue while the Walungge living in the cities have already lost their language.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Nepali; Central Tibetan

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Nepali is the official language and the medium for instruction. "Much of the Walung population in Kathmandu, on the other hand, appears to have lost their mother tongue in favour of the variety of Central Tibetan spoken in Kathmandu by the wider Diaspora Tibetan population." (p. 29)

Scripts (Writing system)

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traditionally unwritten

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "the upper Tamur River and the Gunsa River in the north east of the Taplejung district of Nepal, and includes the villages of Olangchung Gola, Yangma, Gunsa and Lungthung." (p. 26)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
19,100
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
15,600 in Nepal (2000). 3,500 in the original area

Scripts (Writing system): Tibetan script

PLACES: Nepal; India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Nepal: Mechi zone, Taplejung District, Tamar valley, Walungchung, Yangma, Gunsa, Lilip, and Lungtung, some smaller villages; Amjilesa, and Kambachen

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
13,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

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	15,000	10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					27.6831,87.8256
	2011	An investigation of tone in Walungge				School of Oriental and African Studies	http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/14184/1/Bartram_3273.pdf	Bartram, Cathryn Virgina	Bartram, Cathryn Virgina. 2011. An investigation of tone in Walungge. PhD thesis, School of Oriental and African Studies.		~1000	1000-9999		Nepali; Central Tibetan	Nepali is the official language and the medium for instruction. "Much of the Walung population in Kathmandu, on the other hand, appears to have lost their mother tongue in favour of the variety of Central Tibetan spoken in Kathmandu by the wider Diaspora Tibetan population." (p. 29)	many	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	The Walungge living in their homeland still retain their mother tongue while the Walungge living in the cities have already lost their language.	Nepal	"the upper Tamur River and the Gunsa River in the north east of the Taplejung district of Nepal, and includes the villages of Olangchung Gola, Yangma, Gunsa and Lungthung." (p. 26)
		World Oral Literature Project					http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		13,000	10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
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	19,100	10000-99999	15,600 in Nepal (2000). 3,500 in the original area				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Nepal; India	Nepal: Mechi zone, Taplejung District, Tamar valley, Walungchung, Yangma, Gunsa, Lilip, and Lungtung, some smaller villages; Amjilesa, and Kambachen

Walungge

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Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~1000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19,100

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

13,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

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Walungge

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Language information by source

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~1000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

19,100

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

13,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Discussion

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