ELP ID
31566
ELP Language
Xiandao
Speaker Number
10-99
Second Language Speakers
some
Children
0
Ethnic Population
70 (16 families)
Public Comment
40% of the population speak Xiandao as their L1; 30% speak Chinese as their L1 and 30% speak Jingpo as their L1). Note that there is no monolingual in Xiandao. People are usually bilingual or trilingual in other languages such as Jingpo or Chinese.
Source
A vanishing language: the case of Xiandao
Preferred
On
Speaker Number Text
40
Speaker Number Range
10-99