Endangered Languages Project - Asuri

Asuri

^{[aka Ashree, Asura, Assur]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Ashree, Asura, Assur, Maleta, Mundari, Mundari-Ho, Asur
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Munda, North Munda, Kherwarian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		asr
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Manjhi Brijia
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~7,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
A dialect continuum with a total of about 7,000 speakers

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Bihar state, Netarhat Plateau, Palamu, Ranci and Gumla districts

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
16,600
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: India

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
16,596
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

A very low status tribal community. The language must be considered threatened at best, and most likely is locally endangered.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

22.4719,84.9023

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