Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
Severely endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
unknown
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
MORE ON VITALITY
"...rapidly losing ground to Meithei, the state majority language."
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Meithei
PLACES
India
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Manipur state
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Phonological Structure of Thadou” (42-70) . Haokip, Pauthang (2008)
190,595
DATE OF INFO
2001 census (India)
PLACES
Myanmar and India
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Manipur in India, and Chin Hills of Myanmar
Information from: “Personal Communication” . Gregory Anderson (2012)
"Endangered (not critically) in India but speaker numbers are still quite high."