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Linguistic Ecology of Vaiphei

Suantak, Khawlsonkim. 2011. Linguistic Ecology of Vaiphei. In Singh, Shailendra Kumar (ed.), Linguistic Ecology: Manipur, 94-107. Guwahati: EBH Publishers.

Vulnerable
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About Vitality Level
<39,673?
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 0

Almost all members of the community or ethnic group speak the language, and the number of speakers is stable or increasing.

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Domains of Use

Domain Of Use 1

Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.

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Transmission

Transmission 1

Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.

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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
39,673
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
India
Location Description

"The Vaipheis are scattered in different geographical regions of North East India. Today, majority of the speakers are found in Churachandpur district though many of them are also found in other district of Manipur. They are also found in the states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland. The speakers of the language are also found in the Chin Hills of Myanmar along with other closely correlated Kuki-Chin languages." (p. 94-95)

Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Meitei; Hindi; English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
roman scripts
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
"The language does not have own written script like other cognate tribes of Manipur. The Vaipheis have adopted the Roman script for the development of their language and literature." (p. 96)

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