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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

377

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A study of Kangjia (康家語研究)
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

377

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

110

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

231

Older adult speakers

256 (above 46)

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

> 2000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

a total of 487 speakers, including both native speakers (377) and semi-speakers (110). The Kangjia are Muslims.

Year of info

1999

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

35.959, 101.978

Location description

Kangyang Township, Qinghai Province, China (青海省尖扎縣康楊鎮); specifically Shalimu (沙力木), Zongzila (宗子拉) and Xiangdao (巷道) villages.

Government support

no

Institutional support

no

Speakers’s attitudes

positive

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

no

Other writing systems

Kangyang Township, Qinghai Province, China (青海省尖扎縣康楊鎮); specifically Shalimu (沙力木), Zongzila (宗子拉) and Xiangdao (巷道) villages.

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Other languages used

Mandarin, Tibetan and Arabic

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Almost all speak Mandarin. A few elder people are able to speak Tibetan as well. Akhoonds are able to speak Arabic.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

300

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

36.0757,102.2991

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

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belongs to the Hui (Moslem) nationality in Qinghai. The Kangjia is also known as Tongren Turen 'original inhabitants of Tongren' (同仁土人).

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

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Location description

in the Kangyang area of Tongren (同仁) County in Qinghai (青海), China

Government support

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Other writing systems

in the Kangyang area of Tongren (同仁) County in Qinghai (青海), China

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Other languages used

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

430

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

487

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

430 (1999 Sechenchogt). Ethnic population: 487.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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China

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

400

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