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Bugeng yu yan jiu (布賡語研究) [A Study of Bugan]
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

~2700

Domains of Use

No data

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

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

2700

Non-monolingual speakers

many

More about speakers

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

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Location description

Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

no orthgraphy

Other writing systems

Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province

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Other languages used

Southwestern Mandarin

Domains of other languages

official domains

More on context

All the Bugan speak Bugan. Some middle-aged or older people can't understand Southwestern Mandarin. Illiterate children or teenagers don't understand Southwestern Mandarin well either.

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,700

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

23.7447,105.2235

Location description

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Government support

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

all

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Year of info

1996

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

24.045941, 105.054981; 23.437782, 104.672597

Location description

Southeastern Yunnan Province, Wenshan Prefecture, Guangnan 广南 and Xichou 西畴 counties in seven villages: Laowalong 老挖龙 [pə⁵⁵luŋ¹³], Xinwalong 新挖龙 [pə⁵⁵tsuŋ¹³], Jiuping 九平 [pə⁵⁵tsiaŋ³¹], Shibeipo 石北坡 [pə⁵⁵ɕe¹³], Xinzhai 新寨 [li³¹la̠ŋ¹³], Malong 马龙 [pə⁵⁵ɣu³¹], and Nala 那啦。

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Southeastern Yunnan Province, Wenshan Prefecture, Guangnan 广南 and Xichou 西畴 counties in seven villages: Laowalong 老挖龙 [pə⁵⁵luŋ¹³], Xinwalong 新挖龙 [pə⁵⁵tsuŋ¹³], Jiuping 九平 [pə⁵⁵tsiaŋ³¹], Shibeipo 石北坡 [pə⁵⁵ɕe¹³], Xinzhai 新寨 [li³¹la̠ŋ¹³], Malong 马龙 [pə⁵⁵ɣu³¹], and Nala 那啦。

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Other languages used

Mandarin Chinese

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

3,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Recently located language, seven villages with a group population of 3,000.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

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Location description

Southeast Yunnan, south Guangnan and north Xichou counties

Government support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Southeast Yunnan, south Guangnan and north Xichou counties

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No data

Other languages used

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,700

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult 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

Data for the number of native speakers comes from L. Jinfang (2002).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

China

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Government support

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

~3,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2006

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

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Location description

south Guangnan (廣南), and north Xichou (西疇) of Yunnan (雲南).

Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

south Guangnan (廣南), and north Xichou (西疇) of Yunnan (雲南).

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Southwestern Mandarin

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

bilingual in Bugan and Southwestern Mandarin

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000

Domains of Use

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