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ALSO KNOWN AS		Saora, Savara, Sabara, Saonras, Shabari, Sabar, Saura, Sawaria, Swara, Soːra
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Munda, South Munda, Sora-Juray-Gorum, Sora-Juray
ORTHOGRAPHY		no
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		srb
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Information from: “Sora” (299-380 ch. 7) . Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison (2008) , Gregory D. S. Anderson · Routledge

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150,000-300,000
Native speakers worldwide

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"In some areas with significant ethnic Sora populations however (e.g. Sambalpur district of Orissa) a language shift has occured. Thus, Sora language appears to be endangered in some areas, but in others (e.g. Gumma block of Gajapati district), most women and children are monolingual Sora speakers." (p. 299)

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"primarily an oral language not widely read or written even by speakers who may be fully fluent and literate in Oriya and English" (p.299)

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The main concentration of Sora speakers are located in Ganjam, Gajapati, and Rayagada districts of Orissa, but speakers are found throughout this state and in the adjacent parts of northern Andhra Pradesh." (p. 299)

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>300,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Southern Orissa state Korāpuṭ and Gañjām districts, parts of Andhra Pradesh."

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"Many ethnic Sora have abandoned the language. So it is vigorous in some areas, threatened in others, endangered in still others and indeed extinct in some districts already. Should be considered threatened."

PLACES: India

	2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	283-348	Christopher Moseley		London & New York: Routledge			George van Driem	George van Driem. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 283-348. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD	>300,000	100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		India	"Southern Orissa state Korāpuṭ and Gañjām districts, parts of Andhra Pradesh."
	2012	Personal Communication				Personal Communication				Gregory Anderson	Gregory Anderson. 2012. "Personal Communication."				"Many ethnic Sora have abandoned the language. So it is vigorous in some areas, threatened in others, endangered in still others and indeed extinct in some districts already. Should be considered threatened."
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.							India		20.0,84.3333333333
	2008	Sora	The Munda Languages	299-380	Gregory D. S. Anderson		Routledge		7	Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison	Gregory D. S. Anderson and K. David Harrison. 2008. Sora. In Gregory D. S. Anderson (ed.), The Munda Languages, pp. 299-380. London and New York: Routledge.		150,000-300,000	100000		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"In some areas with significant ethnic Sora populations however (e.g. Sambalpur district of Orissa) a language shift has occured. Thus, Sora language appears to be endangered in some areas, but in others (e.g. Gumma block of Gajapati district), most women and children are monolingual Sora speakers." (p. 299)	India	"The main concentration of Sora speakers are located in Ganjam, Gajapati, and Rayagada districts of Orissa, but speakers are found throughout this state and in the adjacent parts of northern Andhra Pradesh." (p. 299)

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