Endangered Languages Project

Alias		Tangkhul, Tagkhul, Thangkhulm, Champhung, Luhuppa, Luppa, Somra, Naga (Tangkhul), Kupome, Luhupa, Central Luhupa, Northern Luhupa, Tangkul, Tśamphung
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Sino-Tibetan, Tangkhul
ORTHGRAFIE		Latin script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		nmf
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		Khunggoi Kupome Khangoi Ukhrul Phadang
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche
WEITERE KOMMENTARE		Though usually treated as a single language, Tangkhul Naga is a dialect continuum. Several of these dialects are not mutually intelligible.

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

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40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
58,167
Muttersprachler weltweit

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1971

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

Owing to a rapid shift to Meithei, the language is nearly extinct.

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Meithei

ORTE: India

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: "Arunachal Pradesh state, west bank of Siang river."

Bedroht

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"I hear the claim that everyone speaks the language all the time from people in India even while observing young community members in the same locale who in fact do not speak their heritage language."

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

"is not used in government or mass media"

ORTE: India

Sicher

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
125,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2007

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

Taught in Primary schools. Magazines, newspapers and radio program exist in the language.

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Meitei
English

Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien)

Latin script

ORTE: India

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Manipur, Ukhrul district, 168 villages; Nagaland; Tripura.

142,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

110,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
142,035
Muttersprachler weltweit

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 2001

ORTE: India

Sicher

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150,000
Muttersprachler weltweit

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE
VERBREITUNG
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT: Tangkhuls are bilingual in Meithei and Nagamese ("Naga Pidgin"). They communicate with other residents of Manipur in Meithei. English or Nagamese is used when communicating with the various Naga tribes of Nagaland. The "standardized" Ukhrul dialect of Tangkhul is used as a lingua franca for inter-village communication, and is the preferred dialect used in prayers and rituals.

ORTE: India

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Spoken in 220 villages throughot the Ukhrul District. About 20% of the Tangkhul popultion are scattered outside of Ukhrul District in the surrounding areas of Manipur, Nagaland, and northwest Burma. The most notable concentrations of Tangkhul speakers outside of Ukhrul District are in Kohima and Dimapur Valley in Nagaland, as well as in Imphal (capital of Manipur State).

	2001	Census of India: Distribution of the 100 Non-Scheduled Languages of India	Census of India							http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/partb.htm				142,035	2001	100000			At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					India
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	125,000	2007	100000	Meitei, English		Safe (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Taught in Primary schools. Magazines, newspapers and radio program exist in the language.	10		India	Manipur, Ukhrul district, 168 villages; Nagaland; Tripura.
	2007	South Asia and the Middle East	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	289-348	Christopher Mosely	London and NewYork: Routledge		4			George Van Driem	Driem, George Van. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Mosely. 289-348. London and NewYork: Routledge.		58,167	1971	10000-99999	Meithei		Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Owing to a rapid shift to Meithei, the language is nearly extinct.		15	India	"Arunachal Pradesh state, west bank of Siang river."
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	142,000												25.0358, 94.4824
	1997	Tangkhul-Naga Grammar: A study of word formation							Jawaharlal Nehru University		Ahum Victor	Victor, Ahum. 1997. Tangkhul-Naga Grammar: A study of word formation. PhD Dissertation, Jawaharlal Nehru University.		150,000		100000	Meithei, Nagamese, English	Tangkhuls are bilingual in Meithei and Nagamese ("Naga Pidgin"). They communicate with other residents of Manipur in Meithei. English or Nagamese is used when communicating with the various Naga tribes of Nagaland. The "standardized" Ukhrul dialect of Tangkhul is used as a lingua franca for inter-village communication, and is the preferred dialect used in prayers and rituals.	Safe (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10		10		India	Spoken in 220 villages throughot the Ukhrul District. About 20% of the Tangkhul popultion are scattered outside of Ukhrul District in the surrounding areas of Manipur, Nagaland, and northwest Burma. The most notable concentrations of Tangkhul speakers outside of Ukhrul District are in Kohima and Dimapur Valley in Nagaland, as well as in Imphal (capital of Manipur State).
		Glottolog								http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/		"Glottolog." Online: http://www.glottolog.org/glottolog/.														25.05, 94.36
	2016	Personal Communication on Tangkhul Naga									Gregory Anderson	Gregory Anderson. 2016. Personal Communication on Tangkhul Naga. July 2.						"is not used in government or mass media"	Threatened (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	"I hear the claim that everyone speaks the language all the time from people in India even while observing young community members in the same locale who in fact do not speak their heritage language."			India
		World Oral Literature Project								http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		110,000

Tangkhul Naga

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

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40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

58,167

Bedroht

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Sicher

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

125,000

142,000

110,000

Gefährdet

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142,035

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150,000

Diskussion

Tangkhul Naga

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Sicher gefährdet

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

58,167

Bedroht

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Sicher

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

125,000

142,000

110,000

Gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

142,035

Sicher

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

150,000

Diskussion

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