Endangered Languages Project - Gutob

Gutob

^{[aka Gutob, Gadaba, Gadba]}

Classification: Austro-Asiatic

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Gutob, Gadaba, Gadba, Gutop, Gudwa, Godwa, Gadwa, Boi Gadaba, Bodo, Bodo-Gadaba, Sodia, Gadaba, Bodo
CLASSIFICATION		Austro-Asiatic, Munda, South Munda, Gutob-Remo-Geta', Gutob-Remo
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		gbj
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Munda Orissa Gadaba Munda Andhra Pradesh Gadaba
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
8,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Many speakers are shifting to Desiya in home and religious domains. Desiya preferred by young people.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Mixed language attitudes

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Desiya; Oriya; Telugu

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Orissa, Koraput District, Lamtput, 40 villages; Malkangiri District, Khoirput block

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Has under 10,000 speakers. Locally endangered and/or threatened.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40,000
Native speakers worldwide

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Widespread bilingualism

PLACES: India

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Kalahandi, Koraput, Visakhapatnam, Bastar

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

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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