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ALSO KNOWN AS		Prinmi, Primi, Pumi, Northern Prinmi, P'umi, Pimi, Primmi, Pruumi, P'ömi, P'rome, Ch'rame, 北普米語
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Qiangic
ORTHOGRAPHY		no
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pmi
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Taoba
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		"Northern Pumi is spoken in parts of Ninglang County and Sichuan and is internally less diverse than Southern Pumi." (Daudey 2014:4)

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Information from: “A grammar of Wadu Pumi” . Daudey, Henriëtte (2014)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
32300
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
42861 (as of 2000 census)
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For the ethnic population - "This figure only includes the Pumi living in Yunnan Province. Due to historical reasons, Pumi living in Sichuan Province are all included in the Tibetan ethnicity. It is therefore difficult to establish a precise figure and several estimates have been made: Steven Harrell (2001) mentions 31000; Lu Shaozun (2001:1) mentions around 50000 Pumi-speaking Tibetan, of which around 34000 live in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County." (p.3)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Lu (1994) mentions that an average of 36% of the Pumi people in Yunnan do not use Pumi, but have switched to Chinese or other minority language (such as Lisu and Bai). Of the ethnically Pumi Tibetans in Sichuan almost all still speak Pumi."
Scripts (Writing system): no

PLACES: China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Ninglang County, Yunnan Province, and Sichuan Province

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
60,000 total Pumi speakers, including all dialect varieties in Yunnan and Sichuan. 25,000 in Sichuan are classified as Tibetan Nationality.

		2014	A grammar of Wadu Pumi			Melbourne	LaTrobe University	http://www.academia.edu/8879093/A_Grammar_of_Wadu_Pumi	Daudey, Henriëtte	Henriëtte Daudey. 2014. A grammar of Wadu Pumi. LaTrobe University. http://www.academia.edu/8879093/A_Grammar_of_Wadu_Pumi		42861 (as of 2000 census)	32300	10000-99999	For the ethnic population - "This figure only includes the Pumi living in Yunnan Province. Due to historical reasons, Pumi living in Sichuan Province are all included in the Tibetan ethnicity. It is therefore difficult to establish a precise figure and several estimates have been made: Steven Harrell (2001) mentions 31000; Lu Shaozun (2001:1) mentions around 50000 Pumi-speaking Tibetan, of which around 34000 live in Muli Tibetan Autonomous County." (p.3)	Yongning Na; Chinese; Tibetan	"Lu (1994) mentions that an average of 36% of the Pumi people in Yunnan do not use Pumi, but have switched to Chinese or other minority language (such as Lisu and Bai). Of the ethnically Pumi Tibetans in Sichuan almost all still speak Pumi."	all	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	China	Ninglang County, Yunnan Province, and Sichuan Province
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures	Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.												28.0,101.0
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		60,000	10000-99999	60,000 total Pumi speakers, including all dialect varieties in Yunnan and Sichuan. 25,000 in Sichuan are classified as Tibetan Nationality.				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

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32300

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60,000

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Northern Pumi

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

32300

Vulnerable

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60,000

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