Endangered Languages Project

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000-5,000
Native speakers worldwide
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"Language is not Tibetan even though people are Lamaist in religion. It is an as yet unclassified Tibeto-Burman language that shares much in common with Bugun."

	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	<2,000	1000-9999	"Spoken in a few villages by less than 2,000 speakers."	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	India	Arunachal Pradesh state, Kameng district
	2012	Personal Communication				Personal Communication			Gregory Anderson	Gregory Anderson. 2012. "Personal Communication."		3,000-5,000	1000-9999	"Language is not Tibetan even though people are Lamaist in religion. It is an as yet unclassified Tibeto-Burman language that shares much in common with Bugun."	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0199255911	2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer		Oxford University Press	New York		2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.								27.0,92.5

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