Endangered Languages Project

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
375,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Number of speakers only a proportion of ethnic population

	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	375,000			1000-9999	Number of speakers only a proportion of ethnic population	Assamese, Bengali	Bilingualism is widespread	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	India	Meghalaya and Assam
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											25.9284,90.9777
	2009	Tone systems of Dimasa and Rabha: A phonetic and phonological study		158pp.					University of Florida	http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/UF/E0/02/27/54/00001/sarmah_p.pdf	Sarmah, Priyankoo	Sarmah, Priyankoo. 2009. Tone systems of Dimasa and Rabha: A phonetic and phonological study. PhD dissertation, University of Florida. 158pp.			139365	2008	100000				At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	India	Assam and Meghalaya
	2012	Personal Communication				Personal Communication					Gregory Anderson	Gregory Anderson. 2012. "Personal Communication."						Less than 25%% of ethnic Rabha command the language

Rabha