Old Bargut
[también conocido como Old Barghut, Chen Baerhu, Menggu]Clasificación: Mongolic
·con amenaza de extinción
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Con amenaza de extinción
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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<50,000
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total number of speakers: no exact data available; probably only a minority of the total ethnic group
- FECHA DE INFORMACIÓN
- 1993
- TENDENCIAS DE HABLANTES
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- TRANSMISIÓN
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- MÁS SOBRE LA VITALIDAD
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The language is probably still being learnt by some children in pre-school age, but native language skills are undermined in later age, even more than among the speakers of New Bargut, by the assimilative pressure of Standard Mongolian.
- OTRAS LENGUAS UTILIZADAS POR LA COMUNIDAD
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Mongolian
- COMENTARIOS SOBRE CONTEXTO DE LA LENGUA
Since children are educated in Standard Mongolian, there is a lot of variation as to how consistently any given individual will preserve Old Bargut features in his native speech; currently, a mixed variety of speech seems to be emerging, which may be classified as a dialect of Mongolian proper.
- LUGARES
- Inner Mongolia, China
- DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN
in the northern part of the Barga steppe region, within the Chen Baerhu Banner of Hulun Buir Aimak