Endangered Languages Project - Sila

Sila

^{[aka Sida, Asong, Kha Pai]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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threatened

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ALSO KNOWN AS		Sida, Asong, Kha Pai
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Lolo-Burmese
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		slt
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Kha Pai, ‘white slaves’, is a former pejorative name, and Asong is the name under which the earliest data was recorded in the 1890s (Bradley 2007).

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Information from: “East and Southeast Asia” (349-424) . David Bradley (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,118
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
1,518 in Laos, 600 in Vietnam. One of the smallest recognized ethnic groups in Laos and Vietnam.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

MORE ON VITALITY

While most members of the ethnic group can speak the language, it has low prestige and is losing domains.

PLACES: Laos and Vietnam

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Northern Laos: mainly in northeastern Namtha and northern Muangsai provinces, and one village relocated near Luang Phabang. Northwestern Vietnam: Miuiong Te District of Lai Chau Province.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,610
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
1,770 in Laos (1995 census). 840 in Viet Nam (1999 census)

PLACES: Vietnam; Laos;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Viet Nam: Lai Chau Province. North central Laos, north of Muong Hai.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,600
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,612
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

22.3094,102.041

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