Endangered Languages Project - Bahing

Bahing

^{[aka Bhojpuri, Khaling, Rai]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Bhojpuri, Khaling, Rai, Bāhing, Baying, Bayung, Kiranti-Bayung
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Kiranti
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bhj
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Khaling Dobo Lo Rokhung Namber Sacha Banenge Proca Lo
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (289-348 ch. 4) . George Van Driem (2007) , Christopher Mosely · London and NewYork: Routledge

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1-9
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0
OLDER ADULTS
0
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Only a few elderly speakers remain.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Okhaldhunga and Solukhumbu districts

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Lee et al. (2005).

PLACES: Nepal

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,765
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,765
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~900
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2765 (2001 census)

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Kiranti-Bayung as one of the vanishing and minority languages of eastern Nepal is primarily spoken by about 900 adult and less young speakers."

PLACES: eastern Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: spoken in some Kiranti villages of Okhaldhunga and Solukhumbu districts

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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