Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Lua, Nielim, Mjillem, Nyilem
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Volta-Congo, Adamawa
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		nie
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Niellim Niou Tchini
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,160
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"1,000 in the city of Sarh and 400 in Niou dialect." Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 1993 census.

		1992	Enquête sociolinguistique de la langue niellim (lua) du Moyen-Chari, Tchad				SIL Tchad		Bagwell, Rosalind and Bagwell, Stephen and Faris, David	Bagwell, Rosalind, Stephen Bagwell and David Faris. 1992. "Enquête Sociolinguistique De La Langue Niellim (lua) Du Moyen-Chari, Tchad."	EBALL		1992
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures	Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.							9.75,17.75
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	5,160	1993	1000-9999	"1,000 in the city of Sarh and 400 in Niou dialect." Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 1993 census.	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

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