Endangered Languages Project - Karbi

Karbi

^{[aka Mikir, Arleng, Manchati]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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at risk

ALSO KNOWN AS		Mikir, Arleng, Manchati, Karbi Karbak, Arleng Alam, Nihang, Puta, Naga-Mikir
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Karbic
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		mjw
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Chingthang Mirlong Rong Kethang
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Thriving in some areas, endangered in others.

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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

At risk

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

MORE ON VITALITY

Younger generation shifting to Assamese

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Assamese

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Widespread bilingualism in Assamese

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Assam, Karbi Anglong, Kamrup, Nowgong, Sibsagar

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
492,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2007

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin script

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Assam, Karbi Anglong district, Mikir and Rengma hills, Nagaon, Darrang, Marigaon, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, and North Cachar districts; Arunachal Pradesh, Papumpare district, Balijan circle; Meghalaya, Jaintia district; Nagaland, foothills around Dimapur.

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The higher speaker number estimates given are more accurate (Anderson 2012, PC).

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
419,534
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The Census of India

DATE OF INFO: 2001

DOMAINS OF USE
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: "The attitudes of the Karbi community towards their language are generally positive"
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin script
Competing Orthographies: devanagari-based Assamese script

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Assam, northeast India

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Karbi is spoken in Assam and adjacent areas in neighboring states in Northeast India. There are also reported to be Karbi villages in Bangladesh and Burma."

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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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