Also Known As:
Rai, Thulunge Rai, Thulu Luwa, Thululoa, Thulung La, Tholong Lo, Thulung Jemu, Toaku Lwa
Dialects & Varieties
- Eastern Thulung
- Southern Thulung
- Central Thulung
- Northern Thulung
- Lannachyo
Recent Resources
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Severely Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~1000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
4
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Lahaussois, Aimée. 2002. Aspects of the grammar of Thulung Rai: an endangered Himalayan language. PhD Dissertation, Department of Linguistics, Univeristy of California, Berkeley.
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/37157/filename/Lahaussois.these.pdf
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/37157/filename/Lahaussois.these.pdf
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
Lahaussois, Aimée. 2002. Aspects of the grammar of Thulung Rai: an endangered Himalayan language. PhD Dissertation, Department of Linguistics, Univeristy of California, Berkeley.
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/37157/filename/Lahaussois.these.pdf
https://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/file/index/docid/37157/filename/Lahaussois.these.pdf