Also Known As:
Daur, Daguor, Dawar, Dawo'er, Tahur, Tahuerh, Dahur, Tongusikonni, 達斡爾
Dialects & Varieties
- Buteha
- Haila'er
- Qiqiha'er
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
Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>50,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 3
Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
3
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
3
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
0 (Heilongjiang Province)
Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
~90,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
generally fluent within those communities still retaining the language; knowledge of other languages is, however, universal; in spite of the lack of a written standard, the speakers of Dagur have a tradition of learning and scholarship (earlier in Manchu, today in Chinese and Written Mongolian)
Location and Context
Countries
China
Location Description
In central and northwestern Manchuria, China, administratively divided between Hulun Buir Aimak, Inner Mongolia (in the Nonni and Imin basins), and the province of Heilongjiang (in the Nonni basin); officially concentrated in the Dagur Autonomous Banner of Hulun Buir; there is also a small remnant population in the Aihui region (in the middle Amur basin).
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
None
Number of Other Language Speakers:
all
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
many attempts have been made to write Dagur in various systems (Manchu, Mongolian, Roman, Cyrillic), and a project of a new literary language is currently being planned.
Recent Resources
Dagur Mongolian Grammar, Texts and Lexicon