Endangered Languages Project - Birri

Birri

^{[aka Biri, Viri, Bviri]}

Classification: Unclassified

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Biri, Viri, Bviri
CLASSIFICATION		Unclassified, Central Sudanic?, Central African Republic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bvq
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Munga Mboto
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Endangered Languages in Central Africa” (163-178) . Bruce Connell (2007) , Matthias Brenzinger · Mouton de Gruyter

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Bilingual in Zande; assimilated by the Zande through marriage."

PLACES: Central African Republic

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1996

PLACES: Central African Republic

PLACES: Central African Republic

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2000-3000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Few figures are available for speaker numbers.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Central African Republic

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "in a few villages north of Zemio."

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

5.5,25.1666666667

COORDINATES

5.4902, 26.8505

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press