Dagur
[aka Daur, Daguor, Dawar]Classification: Mongolic
·endangered
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Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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>50,000
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~90,000
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0 (Heilongjiang Province)
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0 (Heilongjiang Province)
- DATE OF INFO
- 1993
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
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- TRANSMISSION
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- MORE ON VITALITY
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In Hulun Buir (esp. in the Imin basin) the language is still being retained well, while among most groups in Heilongjiang it has ceased to be transmitted to children.
- LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS
generally fluent within those communities still retaining the language; knowledge of other languages is, however, universal; in spite of the lack of a written standard, the speakers of Dagur have a tradition of learning and scholarship (earlier in Manchu, today in Chinese and Written Mongolian)
- More on Orthography
many attempts have been made to write Dagur in various systems (Manchu, Mongolian, Roman, Cyrillic), and a project of a new literary language is currently being planned.
- PLACES
- China
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
In central and northwestern Manchuria, China, administratively divided between Hulun Buir Aimak, Inner Mongolia (in the Nonni and Imin basins), and the province of Heilongjiang (in the Nonni basin); officially concentrated in the Dagur Autonomous Banner of Hulun Buir; there is also a small remnant population in the Aihui region (in the middle Amur basin).