Endangered Languages Project - Pailibo

Pailibo

^{[aka Palibo,]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Palibo
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Tani
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		adi-pai
DOWNLOAD		As csv
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue's Adi [adi] amalgamates several ethnolinguistically and linguistically distinct groups and thus subsumes several languages: Ethnologue listed varieties: Ashing, Bokar (Boga’er Luoba), Bori, Gallong (Galong), Karko, Komkar, Milang, Minyong, Padam, Pailibo, Pangi, Pasi, Ramo, Shimong, Tangam. Milang is definitely a separate language (possibly not a member of the Tani family). Bokar, Pailibo, Ramo and Padam also are all most likely separate languages. Bori, Minyong and Tangam also may be separate languages.

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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (289-348 ch. 4) . George Van Driem (2007) , Christopher Mosely · London and NewYork: Routledge

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~1,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Arunachal Pradesh state, West Siang district, villages on Siyom river

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Just over a thousand speakers of Pailibo live along the banks of the Siyom or Yomgo river, in nine villages in the Tato Circle and two villages in the Payum circle of West Siang district.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,382
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1981 (census)

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