Endangered Languages Project - Koi

Koi

^{[aka Koyu, Kohi, Koyi]}

Classification: Sino-Tibetan

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Koyu, Kohi, Koyi, Koi Bo'o, Koyu Bo'
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Kiranti
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kkt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Sungdel Behere
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Koyi Rai: An Initial Grammatical Sketch” (1-33) . Lahaussois, Aimée (2009)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,000-3,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Khotang district in Eastern Nepal, near the headwaters of the Rawa Khola, in the villages of Sungdel and, to a lesser extent, Dipsung. There are also some speakers in the villages of Lethang and Bharauli in the Tarai."

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Number of speakers unknown and the language is undescribed.

PLACES: Nepal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Khotan district

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Spoken in one village on the headwaters of the Rava river.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,641
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Nepal

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,640
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2001 census.

DATE OF INFO: 2001

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of native speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: Nepal

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2,641
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing