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ALSO KNOWN AS		Liangmai, Kwoireng, Kacha, Liyang, Lyengmai, Liangmei, Lyangmay, Naga, Liangmai
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Zemeic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		njn
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Information from: “Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages of India” .

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
34,232
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001 (census data)

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"No reliable census information"

PLACES: India: southwestern Nagaland state

Vulnerable

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<50,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~50,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Ethnic population of ~50,000 as per 2011 Indian Census

DATE OF INFO: 2011

DOMAINS OF USE

MORE ON VITALITY

"With the implementation of mother tongue education, Liangmai language was introducedtill high school level as MIL (Major Indian Languages) paper in Manipur." p. 63

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Very positive, but not seen as useful for official domains as English, Hindi.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hindi
English
Meiteilon

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Besides the result of the survey, it is observed that the community’s attitude towardLiangmai is fairly positive. It is considered as an unequivocal symbol of identity to the people" p. 61

"The overwhelming majority (74%) wants theirchildren to be multilingual, speaking Liangmai, English, Hindi and Meiteilon"

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES: Nagaland state, 100 villages

		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					"No reliable census information"								India: southwestern Nagaland state
3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing		Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub														25.2794,93.6694
	6(1)	2023	Perspectives on the Status of Liangmai: An Endangered Tibeto-Burman Language		52-67			Jadavpur Journal of Languages and Linguistics		https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374448492_Perspectives_on_the_Status_of_Liangmai_An_Endangered_Tibeto-Burman_Language	Daimai, Kailadbou			~50,000	<50,000	2011	10000-99999	Ethnic population of ~50,000 as per 2011 Indian Census	Education, Government	Hindi, English, Meiteilon	Very positive, but not seen as useful for official domains as English, Hindi.	"Besides the result of the survey, it is observed that the community’s attitude towardLiangmai is fairly positive. It is considered as an unequivocal symbol of identity to the people" p. 61 "The overwhelming majority (74%) wants theirchildren to be multilingual, speaking Liangmai, English, Hindi and Meiteilon"	Vulnerable (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"With the implementation of mother tongue education, Liangmai language was introducedtill high school level as MIL (Major Indian Languages) paper in Manipur." p. 63	11	Nagaland state, 100 villages
		2001	Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages of India	Census of India						http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/partb.htm					34,232	2001 (census data)	10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Liangmai Naga

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

34,232

Vulnerable

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<50,000

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Liangmai Naga

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Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

34,232

Vulnerable

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<50,000

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