LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT: A CASE STUDY OF TIWA, AN ENDANGERED LANGUAGE OF NORTH EAST INDIA
LANGUAGE ENDANGERMENT: A CASE STUDY OF TIWA, AN ENDANGERED LANGUAGE OF NORTH EAST INDIA
Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
31,421 (Assam Census 2011)
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
4
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
No results found.
Semi-speakers or rememberers
No results found.
Children:
No results found.
Young adults
No results found.
Older adults
No results found.
Elders
No results found.
Ethnic or community population
371,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
No results found.
Location and Context
Countries
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Location Description
No results found.
Government Support
No results found.
Institutional Support
No results found.
Speakers' Attitude
No results found.
Other Languages Used By The Community
Assamese, English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
Government, Education, Media
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
No results found.
Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
No results found.
Recent Resources
Online news article from the Times of India, dated July 19, 2013, about a workshop to preserve Tiwa,