Did you know Southern Rengma Naga is threatened?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Terüpvunyu, Rengma Proper, Rengma Naga, Mozhumi, Moiyui, Mon, Unza, Nzong, Nzonyu, Injang, Southern Rengma, Western Rengma, Central Rengma
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman, Angami-Pochuri
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nre
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Keteneneyu Azonyu Terüpvunyu (Central Rengma comprised of Western Rengma and Eastern Rengma) Southern Rengma Ntenyi (Northern Rengma [distant])
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Information from: “Western Rengma (Karbi Anglong, India) - Language Snapshot” . Monali Longmailai, Anita Langthasa, Udipta Saikia, Rinky Boruah, Tanti Basanta (2020) , Peter K. Austin · ELPublishing

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
65,328
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2011

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Terüpvunyu (Western Rengma) speakers have a positive attitude toward their language, use it at home, and want their children to learn it as their first language.
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT: Rengma Literary Society
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
More on Orthography: Currently using a Roman script with diacritics for writing local documents, books, banner, placards, and WhatsApp text messages. No earlier written records for the Terüpvunyu (Western Rengma) dialect

PLACES: Spoken in Nagaland, Manipur and Karbia Anglong, Assam in India.

PLACES: India: central Nagaland and Assam and Manipur

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
21,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"21,000 speakers estimated in (2007)"

DATE OF INFO: 2007

				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												India: central Nagaland and Assam and Manipur
			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													25.958,94.2462
				2012	Personal Communication				Personal Communication						Gregory Anderson	Gregory Anderson. 2012. "Personal Communication."		21,000	2007	10000-99999	"21,000 speakers estimated in (2007)"				Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
ISSN: 1740-6234	Language Snapshots	July		2020	Western Rengma (Karbi Anglong, India) - Language Snapshot			Peter K. Austin		ELPublishing	Language Documentation and Description	17		http://www.elpublishing.org/docs/1/17/ldd17_06.pdf	Monali Longmailai, Anita Langthasa, Udipta Saikia, Rinky Boruah, Tanti Basanta	Longmailai, Monali, Anita Langthasa, Udipta Saikia, Rinky Boruah & Tanti Basanta. 2020. Western Rengma (Karbi Anglong, India) – Language Snapshot. In Peter K. Austin (ed.) Language Documentation and Description 17, 82-86. London: EL Publishing. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/184		65,328	2011	10000-99999		Assamese, Nagamese	Terüpvunyu (Western Rengma) speakers have a positive attitude toward their language, use it at home, and want their children to learn it as their first language.	Rengma Literary Society	Threatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	13	12	Spoken in Nagaland, Manipur and Karbia Anglong, Assam in India.	26.298275,93.655055

Southern Rengma Naga

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Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

65,328

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

21,000

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Southern Rengma Naga

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Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

65,328

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

21,000

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