Khatso
[aka Kazhuo, 喀卓, Katso]Classification: Sino-Tibetan
·threatened
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Threatened
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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5,432
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5,600
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Roughly 5,600 Khatso people (2010 Chinese census); about 97% of these are speakers at some level.
- DOMAINS OF USE
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- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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Intergenerational transmission is occurring, but imperfectly. Downward trend in speaker numbers. Language is used daily in the village, but children are taught Mandarin first so they can integrate into education system; as a result, their language skills are more and more influenced by Mandarin.
- GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
- None
- INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT
- Cultural committee
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Mandarin
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
No orthography, no media, no government support. There is a cultural committee.
- Scripts (Writing system)
- None
- PLACES
- China;
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Xingmeng Township, Tonghai County, Yunnan, China.