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ALSO KNOWN AS		Lúr, Lur
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West Chadic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ldd
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Information from: “Le Luri: Quelques Notes sur une Langue Tchadique du Nigeria” (193-201) . B. Caron (2004) , P. Boyeldieu and P. Nougayrol · Louvain-Paris: Peeters

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
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"On peut donc considérer que Musa et sa femme sont les deux dernières personnes à se souvenir de la langue."

DATE OF INFO: 2002

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Dans l’opération, l’ensemble de la population a abandonné la langue du village, le luri, au profit du haoussa et de la langue parlée à Langas, le nyamzak. Selon Musa, l’ancien chef de Luri, lui et sa femme sont les derniers locuteurs de la langue."

PLACES: Luri village, Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "A une quinzaine de km au sud-est de Bauchi, au nord du Nigeria, près de Langas (9,83° Est ; 10,17° Nord), à flanc de colline, se trouve le village d’origine de Luri (lúr). Il consiste aujourd’hui en une seule maison, où vivent le chef du village (Musa) et son épouse, tous deux âgés de plus de 80 ans. Le gouvernement fédéral du Nigeria ayant confisqué les terres du village pour créer une réserve au profit des pasteurs peuls, les habitants du village ont dû émigrer. Musa ayant refusé de quitter son village, c’est son fils qui lui a succédé et a fondé le nouveau village de Luri, à une dizaine de kilomètres de là, plus bas dans la vallée, près de la rivière qui coule à Langas."

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There are "a handful" of speakers.

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"Dying."

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "the South of the Bauchi state (Nigeria)"

Critically endangered

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

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Two of those language (ex: Zaranda ; Luri) are spoken in communities that have split, creating a situation with an “old” village up in the hills with a few older people, living in terrible conditions, using the “old” language and a “new” village where the majority of the population has moved down the hill, by the road, and switched to Hausa, Jaar, etc."

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "the south of Bauchi State, Nigeria"

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Bauchi Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "“They live in Kayarda and Luri villages... All of them are found in Bauchi LGA of Bauchi State.”

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~30
Native speakers worldwide
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"...had around thirty speakers left according to a survey carried out in 1973 by the Summer Institute of Linguistics."

DATE OF INFO: 1973

DOMAINS OF USE
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TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Its former speakers appear to have shifted to Hausa as a primary means of communication."

PLACES: Nigeria

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Bauchi State, Nigeria

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide

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"Extinct."

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

Critically endangered

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

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"These are probably the last two speakers of the language and both are over eighty..."

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "The speakers of Luri have switched to either Hausa or Langas (=Nyamzak)."

PLACES: Luri village, Bauchi State, Nigeria

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "At that time (1992), Luri was still spoken in Luri and Kayarda villages... The village of Luri (lúr) is some 15 km. southeast of Bauchi town, close to Langas (9°83 E, 10°17 N). According to Caron, following the creation of a Grazing Reserve, the Luri people were compelled to move away and a new Luri was founded some 10 km. away."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~30
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Nigeria, Bauchi State and Division, Zungur District"

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"Moribund."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hausa
Langas

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Nearly all the ethnic Luri have switched to speaking Hausa."

PLACES: Bauchi Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria

Dormant
0
Native speakers worldwide
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"No known L1 speakers. In 2002, spoken only by the old chief and his wife (R. Blench)."

DATE OF INFO: 2004

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Shifted to Hausa."

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria;

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: "Bauchi State, Bauchi LGA, Kayarda and Luri villages."

		December	3	2012	An Atlas of Nigerian Languages		111						Kay Williamson Educational Foundation	http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%20of%20Nigerian%20Languages-%20ed%20III.pdf	Roger Blench	Roger Blench. 2012. "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages." The latest version of the Index of Nigerian Languages. 3rd. Edition. Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%20of%20Nigerian%20Languages-%20ed%20III.pdf						Hausa, Langas	"Nearly all the ethnic Luri have switched to speaking Hausa."			"Moribund."				Bauchi Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria
9780520255609				2008	One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost				University of California						Peter Austin	Austin, Peter. 2008. "One Thousand Languages: Living, Endangered, and Lost." University of California.		2		1-9				Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing			Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub	2		1-9				Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								9.9255,9.5965
	Afrique et Langage			2006	South-Bauchi West Pronominal and TAM Systems	Sprachbund in the West African Sahel	93-112	Bernard Caron and Peter Zima			11			https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00644372/document	Bernard Caron	Caron, Bernard. 2006. South-Bauchi West Pronominal and TAM Systems. In Bernard Caron and Peter Zima (eds). Sprachbund in the West African Sahel. Afrique et Langage, 11. Louvain: Peeters. pp.93-112					There are "a handful" of speakers.					"Dying."			"the South of the Bauchi state (Nigeria)"	Bauchi State, Nigeria
	Afrique et Langage			2004	Le Luri: Quelques Notes sur une Langue Tchadique du Nigeria	Langues et Cultures: Terrains d'Afrique. Hommages à France Cloarec-Heiss	193-201	P. Boyeldieu and P. Nougayrol	Louvain-Paris: Peeters		7			https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00644514/document	B. Caron	Caron, B. 2004. "Le Luri: Quelques Notes Sur Une Langue Tchadique Du Nigeria." In Langues et Cultures: Terrains d'Afrique. Hommages à France Cloarec-Heiss, edited by P. Boyeldieu and P. Nougayrol. 7: 193-201. Louvain-Paris: Peeters.	HHOLD	2	2002	1-9	"On peut donc considérer que Musa et sa femme sont les deux dernières personnes à se souvenir de la langue."	Hausa, Nyamzak (Langas)	"Dans l’opération, l’ensemble de la population a abandonné la langue du village, le luri, au profit du haoussa et de la langue parlée à Langas, le nyamzak. Selon Musa, l’ancien chef de Luri, lui et sa femme sont les derniers locuteurs de la langue."	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15			15	"A une quinzaine de km au sud-est de Bauchi, au nord du Nigeria, près de Langas (9,83° Est ; 10,17° Nord), à flanc de colline, se trouve le village d’origine de Luri (lúr). Il consiste aujourd’hui en une seule maison, où vivent le chef du village (Musa) et son épouse, tous deux âgés de plus de 80 ans. Le gouvernement fédéral du Nigeria ayant confisqué les terres du village pour créer une réserve au profit des pasteurs peuls, les habitants du village ont dû émigrer. Musa ayant refusé de quitter son village, c’est son fils qui lui a succédé et a fondé le nouveau village de Luri, à une dizaine de kilomètres de là, plus bas dans la vallée, près de la rivière qui coule à Langas."	Luri village, Bauchi State, Nigeria		10.171127, 9.726795
				2009	Documenting linguistic varieties of the South-Bauchi group									https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00647808/document	Bernard Caron	Bernard Caron. 2009. Documenting linguistic varieties of the South-Bauchi group. Presented in Towards polylectal grammars of African languages International Workshop. Hamburg, Germany, November 27-29.						Hausa, Jaar	"Two of those language (ex: Zaranda ; Luri) are spoken in communities that have split, creating a situation with an “old” village up in the hills with a few older people, living in terrible conditions, using the “old” language and a “new” village where the majority of the population has moved down the hill, by the road, and switched to Hausa, Jaar, etc."	Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15			15	"the south of Bauchi State, Nigeria"	Bauchi State, Nigeria
			17th	2013	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)			Paul M. Lewis; Gary F. Simons; and Charles D. Fennig	Dallas, Texas: SIL International					http://www.ethnologue.com Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		0	2004		"No known L1 speakers. In 2002, spoken only by the old chief and his wife (R. Blench)."		"Shifted to Hausa."	Dormant ()					"Bauchi State, Bauchi LGA, Kayarda and Luri villages."	Bauchi State, Nigeria;
					World Oral Literature Project									http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		30		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
				2011	Number in South-Bauchi West Languages (Chadic, Nigeria)										Bernard Caron	Caron, Bernard. 2011. Number in South-Bauchi West Languages (Chadic, Nigeria). Paper presented at the conference "Number in Africa and Beyond: Grammar, Semantics and Social Deixis", Institute for African Studies, University of Cologne. Conference End Date: Sep 30, 2011. Conference Start Date: Sep 27, 2011		0						Dormant ()		"Extinct."				Bauchi State, Nigeria
	Contributions to the sociology of language, #64			1992	A survey on language death in Africa	Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa	402	Brenzinger, Matthias	Mouton de Gruyter			Berlin & New York			Sommer, Gabriele	Gabriele Sommer. 1992. "A Survey On Language Death in Africa." In Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 402. Mouton de Gruyter.	EBALL	~30		10-99				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						Bauchi State, Nigeria	"Nigeria, Bauchi State and Division, Zungur District"
				2004	Luri: final traces of a South Bauchi Languages of Central Nigeria				Foundation for Endangered Languages	Ogmios Newsletter	23			http://www.ogmios.org/ogmios_files/236.htm	Roger Blench	Roger Blench. 2004. Luri: final traces of a South Bauchi Language of Central Nigeria. Ogmios Newsletter (23).		2		1-9	"These are probably the last two speakers of the language and both are over eighty..."	Hausa, Langas	"The speakers of Luri have switched to either Hausa or Langas (=Nyamzak)."	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15			15	"At that time (1992), Luri was still spoken in Luri and Kayarda villages... The village of Luri (lúr) is some 15 km. southeast of Bauchi town, close to Langas (9°83 E, 10°17 N). According to Caron, following the creation of a Grazing Reserve, the Luri people were compelled to move away and a new Luri was founded some 10 km. away."	Luri village, Bauchi State, Nigeria
070071197X		3	1	2007	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages				Routledge			Abingdon			Christopher Moseley	Moseley, Christopher. 2007. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, 1 edn. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 070071197X	ll_pub	~30	1973	10-99	"...had around thirty speakers left according to a survey carried out in 1973 by the Summer Institute of Linguistics."	Hausa	"Its former speakers appear to have shifted to Hausa as a primary means of communication."	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		14	15		Nigeria	Bauchi State, Nigeria
				1995	Unmask the giant (an ethnic survey of Bauchi State)										CAPRO Research Office	CAPRO Research Office. 1995. Unmask the giant (an ethnic survey of Bauchi State). Jos, Nigeria: CAPRO Research Office.						Hausa, Jaranchi (Jaar)							"“They live in Kayarda and Luri villages... All of them are found in Bauchi LGA of Bauchi State.”	Bauchi Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria

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80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~30

Dormant

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Critically endangered

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2

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Severely endangered

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30

Severely endangered

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~30

Dormant

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Luri

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Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~30

Dormant

0

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

2

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~30

Dormant

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