Endangered Languages Project

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
947
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
947
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Classified in the Yi Nationality. Group population 947 in eight villages.

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Most including children can speak the language. Language is potentially endangered.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Long-term Bai cultural influence, also in contact with Naxi.

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southwestern Lijiang County, southern Tai'an Township. Eight villages. Also a few in adjacent areas of Jianchuan county.

			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																														26.0863,99.7119
					2007	East and Southeast Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	349-424		C. Moseley		London & New York: Routledge									David Bradley	Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		947			947		100-999	Classified in the Yi Nationality. Group population 947 in eight villages.					Chinese				Long-term Bai cultural influence, also in contact with Naxi.			Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Most including children can speak the language. Language is potentially endangered.		11			Yunnan, China	Southwestern Lijiang County, southern Tai'an Township. Eight villages. Also a few in adjacent areas of Jianchuan county.

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