Endangered Languages Project - Dimasa

Dimasa

^{[aka Hill Kachari, Dimasa Kachari]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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at risk

ALSO KNOWN AS		Hill Kachari, Dimasa Kachari
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Brahmaputran
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dis
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Dimasa Hariamba
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
112,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Based on 2001 India Census

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in Karbi Anglong and North Cachar Hills districts

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Dimasa is hardly documented and today very much under threat of extinction. Dimasa is only spoken in isolated households, and local sleuthing would be required to find them.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The Dimasa have largely been linguistically assimilated to their Bengali and Assamese neighbours.

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Assam, North Cachar district

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The Dimasa live in the northern Cachar hills and portions of the adjacent plains.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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24.7368, 92.9003

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