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Native Speakers Worldwide

20-30

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The study of Samre's world view: the belief in sorcerer spirits
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

20-30

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

0 in Thailand

Young adult speakers

0 in Thailand

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

all

More about speakers

All the fluent speakers are above 55 years old.

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

Thailand; Cambodia

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Location description

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Government support

no

Institutional support

no

Speakers' attitudes

negative

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

no

Other writing systems

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Other languages used

Thai

Domains of other languages

all

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

120

Domains of Use

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

12.1166,103.0833

Location description

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<20

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

0 (Thailand)

Young adult speakers

0 (Thailand)

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

200 (100 in Thailand and 100 in Cambodia)

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

About 200 group members, half post-1975 refugees in Thailand. Of those in Thailand, fewer than 20 speak the language, and the youngest are approaching 50.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Cambodia and Thailand

Coordinates

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Location description

Cambodia: Pursat Province.

Government support

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Cambodia: Pursat Province.

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

Domains of Use

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

200

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers and for the ethnic population come from D. Bradley (2000).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Cambodia

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  3. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  4. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  5. East and Southeast Asia
    Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.
  6. Samre Grammar
    Ploykaew, Pornsawan. 2001. Samre Grammar. PhD dissertation. Bangkok: Mahidol University.
  7. The phonology of Samre
    Pornsawan, Ploykaew. 2001. The phonology of Samre. Mon-Khmer Studies 31:15-27.
    http://sealang.net/archives/mks/pdf/31:15-27.pdf
  8. The study of Samre's world view: the belief in sorcerer spirits
    Pornsawan, Ploykaew. 2005. The study of Samre's world view: the belief in sorcerer spirits. Mon-Khmer Studies 35:171-182.
    http://sealang.net/archives/mks/pdf/35:171-182.pdf