Endangered Languages Project - Koro (India)

Koro (India)

^{[aka Aka, Hrusso, Angka]}

Classification: Unclassified

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Aka, Hrusso, Angka, Angkae, Tenae, Gusso
CLASSIFICATION		Unclassified, Sino-Tibetan?
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		jkr
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Hruso Levai (Bangru)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Preliminary notes on Koro: a 'hidden' language of Arunachal Pradesh” (1-32) . Anderson, G. D. S. and G. Murmu (2010)

Endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
800-1,200
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2010

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Many younger Koros speak Hindi exclusively.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
No apparent wider affiliation within Tibeto-Burman. Varieties sometimes grouped under Tibeto-Burman as ‘Hruish’. Levai is similar to Miju-Mishmi [mxj] and may be a separate language. Lexical similarity: 9%% between the speech of a group called Koro and the Hruso dialect [hru]. Both are highly dissimilar to neighboring languages.

DATE OF INFO: 1997

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Latin script

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Arunachal Pradesh, West Kameng District, Thrizino circle, Jamiri, Husigaon, Gohainthan, Buragaon, Karangonia, Raindogonia, Yayom, Gijiri, Dijungonia, Tulu, Polatari, Raghupam, Tania, Khuppi, Bhalukpong, Balipho, Palizi villages; East Kameng District, Seppa circle, Pisang village.

Threatened

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

Threatened

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

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Arunachal; Pradesh

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
800-1,000
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing