Endangered Languages Project - Chantyal

Chantyal

^{[aka Chentel, Chantel, Chhantel]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Chentel, Chantel, Chhantel
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Tamangic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		chx
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Myagdi Chantyal Baglung Chantyal
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Chantyal Discourses” . Noonan, Michael and Bhulanja, Ram Prasad (2005) Himalayan Linguistics

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~2,000 (Myagdi Chantyal)
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
< 10,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The Baglung Chantyal has already shifted to Nepali.

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Dhaulagiri zone of central Nepal

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
10,000

PLACES: Nepal: Myagdi and Baglun districts

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
9,814
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Noonan (1997). Data for the ethnic population is from the 2001 census.

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: Nepal

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,912
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press