Endangered Languages Project - Jerung

Jerung

^{[aka Jero, Jerum, Jerunge]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Jero, Jerum, Jerunge, Jherung, Jero Mala, Zero, Zerum, Zero Mala
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Kiranti
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		jee
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Balkhu-Sisneri Ratnawati Madhavpur
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “A Grammar of Jero” . Opgenort, Jean Robert (2005)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
271
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001 (census)

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Okhaldhunga and Sindhuli districts

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Nepal

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,914
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

Language appears to be endangered.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from J. Opgenort (2004).

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: Nepal

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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