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ALSO KNOWN AS		Darmiya, Darimiya, Sauka, Shauka, Darmani, Saukas, Shaukas, Dārmūyā, Darmiyā
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Kanauri
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		drd
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Information from: “A Descriptive Grammar of Darma: An Endangered Tibeto-Burman Language” . Willis, Christina M. (2007)

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<2,600
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The exact numbers of Darma speakers are difficult to ascertain due in part to the fact that the census does not count the Rang people individually. Based on the data from the 2001 Census, I estimate that of the 51,026 people living in Dharchula, there are 6,572 Rang people (i.e., people who are classified as members of a Scheduled Tribe).15 Of these, 2,615 live in Darma villages." (pg. 7-8)

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TRANSMISSION

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"While some of the children that I visited in the villages near Dharchula spoke
Darma fluently, many parents encourage their children to focus on learning English and
Hindi." (pg. 17)

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"The perception is that Darma and the other Rang languages will not benefit the children when they reach adulthood and need to find employment." (pg. 17)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hindi; English; Nepali; Byansi

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: In addition to the fourteen villages of the Darma Valley, Darma is spoken in the
villages along the Kali River from Jauljibi to Dharchula

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,950
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
4,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
1,750 speakers in india

PLACES: Nepal; India

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,761
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,224
Native speakers worldwide

	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		1,761	1000-9999					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							30.0037,80.5641
		2007	A Descriptive Grammar of Darma: An Endangered Tibeto-Burman Language				The University of Texas at Austin	http://victoria.linguistlist.org/~lapolla/downloads/Willis_Dissertation_as%20submitted_to_UT.pdf	Willis, Christina M.	Willis, Christina M. A Descriptive Grammar of Darma: An Endangered Tibeto-Burman Language. PhD thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, 2007.	HHOLD		<2,600	1000-9999	"The exact numbers of Darma speakers are difficult to ascertain due in part to the fact that the census does not count the Rang people individually. Based on the data from the 2001 Census, I estimate that of the 51,026 people living in Dharchula, there are 6,572 Rang people (i.e., people who are classified as members of a Scheduled Tribe).15 Of these, 2,615 live in Darma villages." (pg. 7-8)	Home; marketplace; schools; employment; inter-group communication	Hindi; English; Nepali; Byansi	"The perception is that Darma and the other Rang languages will not benefit the children when they reach adulthood and need to find employment." (pg. 17)	Threatened (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	"While some of the children that I visited in the villages near Dharchula spoke Darma fluently, many parents encourage their children to focus on learning English and Hindi." (pg. 17)	13	12	In addition to the fourteen villages of the Darma Valley, Darma is spoken in the villages along the Kali River from Jauljibi to Dharchula
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures	Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																30.0,79.75
			World Oral Literature Project					http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			3,224	1000-9999					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	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	4,000	2,950	1000-9999	1,750 speakers in india				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Nepal; India

Darma

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Language information by source

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<2,600

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,950

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,761

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,224

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Darma

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<2,600

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2,950

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,761

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,224

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