ELP ID
4001
ELP Language
Northern Qiang
Speaker Number
10000-99999
Public Comment
57,800 (1999), decreasing. 14,000 Mawo dialect, 14,000 Weigu dialect, 11,000 Luhua dialect, 8000 Cimulin dialect, and 9,000 Yadu dialect. 130,000 total for Northern and Southern Qiang languages, including 80,000 as Qiang nationality and 50,000 as Tibetan nationality (1990 J-O. Svantesson). Ethnic population: 306,072 (2000 census),
Source
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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Speaker Number Text
57,800
Speaker Number Range
10000-99999