Endangered Languages Project - Lhomi

Lhomi

^{[aka Lhoket, Shing Saapa, Kath Bhote]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lhoket, Shing Saapa, Kath Bhote, Kar Bhote
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Bodish
ORTHOGRAPHY		Devanagari script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		lhm
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,130
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
15,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
810 speakers live in Nepal, according to the 2011 census.

DOMAINS OF USE
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: nearly all men have a functional trade level fluency in Nepali. Use of Nepali among women is increasing. Educated Lhomis are fluent Nepali speakers.
Scripts (Writing system): Devanagari script

PLACES: China; India; Nepal

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~4,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sankhuva Sabha

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
741
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
741 speakers in Nepal.

DATE OF INFO: 2011 (census data)

PLACES: Nepal

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