Endangered Languages Project - Somray

Somray

^{[aka Samray, Samrai, Samre]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Samray, Samrai, Samre, Western Pear
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Pearic, Northern Chong
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		smu
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Possibly extinct

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

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Reported as nearly exterminated by the Khmer Rouge; two speakers in a refugee camp in Thailand in the early 1980s, present whereabouts unknown.

DATE OF INFO: 1980s

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Cambodia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: southwest Battambang Province

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number data: (J. Ironside 2005)

PLACES: Cambodia; Thailand

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Cambodia: Pursat Province, north, east, and west of Phum Tasanh, and Tanyong River around Phum Pra Moi

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

13.685,101.5931

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