Endangered Languages Project - Reshe

Reshe

^{[aka Tsureshe, Tsureja, Bareshe]}

Classification: Niger-Congo

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Tsureshe, Tsureja, Bareshe, Gunga, Gungawa, Gunganchi, Yaurawa
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Kainji
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		res
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Reshe people” (50) . Dettweiler, Stephen H. and Dettweiler, Sonia G. (2002) SIL International

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<44,000?
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~44,000

DATE OF INFO: 1992

DOMAINS OF USE
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "90%% of our respondents said they spoke Hausa as a second language"

PLACES: Kebbe State and western Niger State

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
44,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
44,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1993).

PLACES: Nigeria;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
44,000
Native speakers worldwide

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing