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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~10,000

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Language Information By Source

East and Southeast Asia
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~10,000

Domains of Use

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Second-language speakers and learners

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

~20,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Spoken by about 10,000 of the ethnic group, including a few children, especially in Chaiyaphum Province; but most of the young are semispeakers at best.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Thailand

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Location description

Northeastern, southern Phetchabun, western Chaiyaphum and northwestern Korat provinces.

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Other writing systems

Northeastern, southern Phetchabun, western Chaiyaphum and northwestern Korat provinces.

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There are 4 dialects, 3 of which are very closely related. In Korat province, only the older people still speak the language. In Chaiyaphum province, there are still children who speak the language, but not nearly as many as there were 30 years ago in Nyah Kur village. There are perhaps a couple hundred Nyah Kur in Petchabun province, but that dialect is the one which is very different from the other three dialects.

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Thailand: Petchabun, Chaiyaphum, and Korat Provinces

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

15.6587,101.5068

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,500

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Ethnic Population

3000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

"No monolinguals." Data for the number of native speakers comes from C. Shimmin (2006). Data for the ethnic population is from Theraphan (1984).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Thailand;

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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15.6666666667,101.666666667

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,000

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