Also Known As:
Buddhist Bonan, Baoan, Bao'an, Baonan, Baongan, Bao'an Tu, Dordo, 青海保安語, mistakenly also: Tu, Monguour
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
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Threatened
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
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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.
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Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Robert Wayne Fried. A Grammar of Bao'an Tu: A Mongolic Language of Northwest China. PhD thesis, University of Buffalo, State University of New York, 2010.
Bibliography of Locations:
Robert Wayne Fried. A Grammar of Bao'an Tu: A Mongolic Language of Northwest China. PhD thesis, University of Buffalo, State University of New York, 2010.
Bibliography of Context:
Robert Wayne Fried. A Grammar of Bao'an Tu: A Mongolic Language of Northwest China. PhD thesis, University of Buffalo, State University of New York, 2010.