Endangered Languages Project - Deori

Deori

^{[aka Chutia, Deuri, Chutiya]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Chutia, Deuri, Chutiya, Dewri, Drori, Dari, Deori Chutiya
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Brahmaputran
ORTHOGRAPHY		Bengali script; Latin script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		der
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)” . Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig · Dallas, Texas: SIL International

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
28,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
50,000

DATE OF INFO: 2001 (census data)

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Positive language attitudes
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): Bengali script; Latin script

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Assam, Lakhimpur, Demaji, Tinsukia, and Jorhat districts

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
28,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
26,900
Native speakers worldwide

Only a few thousand speakers left
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

Rapidly declining

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

27.1911,94.1528

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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