Language Information by Source

Red Book on Endangered Languages: Northeast Asia

Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html

Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>15,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 2

A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.

2
Transmission

Transmission 1

Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.

1

Speakers

Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
No results found.
Semi-speakers or rememberers
No results found.
Children:
No results found.
Young adults
No results found.
Older adults
No results found.
Elders
No results found.
Ethnic or community population
~20,000
Year information was gathered
No results found.
Comments on speakers
"generally fluent within those communities still retaining the language; unidirectional bilingualism in Dagur is very common, possibly universal"

Location and Context

Countries
central and northwestern Manchuria, China
Location Description

administratively divided between Hulun Buir Aimak, Inner Mongolia (in the Imin basin), and the province of Heilongjiang (in the Nonni basin); officially concentrated in the Ewenke Autonomous Banner of Hulun Buir

Government Support
No results found.
Institutional Support
No results found.
Speakers' Attitude
No results found.
Other Languages Used By The Community
Dagur; Chinese; Mongolian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None

Writing Systems

Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
Mongolian, Roman, IPA
Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
"the function of literary languages is fulfilled by both Chinese and Modern Written Mongolian; attempts have also been made to write Solon in various systems of transcription (Mongolian, Roman, IPA)"

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