Information from: “The Languages of Manipur: A case study of the Kuki-Chin Languages” (85-118) . Pauthang Haokip (2011)
Threatened
40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,326
DATE OF INFO
2001 (census data)
DOMAINS OF USE
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Manipuri
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
The language is not used in school nor in mass media or radio.
Scripts (Writing system)
Bengali script
Competing Orthographies
Roman script
PLACES
"In Manipur the Marings are distributed in the southwest in the
mountainous regions along the northern border of Chandel district and in and
around Tengnoupal subdivision of Chandel district."
Information from: “Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages of India” .
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
22,326
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing