Endangered Languages Project - Gorum

Gorum

^{[aka Gorum, Pareng, Parengi]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Gorum, Pareng, Parengi, Gadaba, Parenga Parja, Parenji, Poroja, Gorum Sama, Parengi Poroja
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Munda, South Munda, Sora-Juray-Gorum
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pcj
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kolai
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Personal Communication” . Gregory Anderson (2012)

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
750-6,000
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
~0
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The actual number is impossible to tell. It could be as low as 750 and as high as 6,000.

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Almost no one under 30 speaks or understands it. Gorum speakers often deny knowledge of the language.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
6,700
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
12,646
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the ethnic population is from the 2001 census.

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: India

Threatened

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

Approximately 10,000
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing