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ALSO KNOWN AS		Minyag, 新龍木雅語
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Qiangic
ORTHOGRAPHY		None
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		nm0
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Bomei Manchi Youlaxi
DOWNLOAD		As csv
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Closely related to Horpa (ero). Not to be confused with Muya (mvm), spoken in and around Kangding County.

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Information from: “Field notes on Nyagrong Minyag” . John Van Way (2012)

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<1,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2012

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Manchi dialect may be more at risk than the Bomei dialect. Possible relocation of all speakers may be imminent because of a proposed dam project on the Yalong River.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Nyagrong Kham Tibetan
Sichuan Mandarin

Scripts (Writing system)

None

PLACES: China

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Xinlong (Nyagrong) County, Sichuan Province

Endangered

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

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

					2008	Ergative Marking in Nyagrong-Minyag (Xinlong, Sichuan)						La Trobe University	Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area	31.1							Hiroyuki Suzuki	Hiroyuki Suzuki. 2008. "Ergative Marking in Nyagrong-Minyag (Xinlong, Sichuan)." In Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 31.1: La Trobe University.						1,000		100-999						Nyagrong Kham Tibetan, Sichuan Mandarin						most	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
					2012	Field notes on Nyagrong Minyag															John Van Way	John Van Way. 2012. "Field Notes On Nyagrong Minyag."						<1,000	2012	100-999						Nyagrong Kham Tibetan, Sichuan Mandarin						Most	Threatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10		Manchi dialect may be more at risk than the Bomei dialect. Possible relocation of all speakers may be imminent because of a proposed dam project on the Yalong River.	12	11			China	Xinlong (Nyagrong) County, Sichuan Province	30.833856,100.159607

Nyagrong Minyag

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<1,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000

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