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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,000

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Language Information By Source

East and Southeast Asia
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,000

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

709,592

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Guangdong Province, China

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Location description

Speakers concentrated in Boluo, Zengcheng, Huidong and Haifeng counties, all within 100 km north or northeast of Hong Kong.

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Speakers concentrated in Boluo, Zengcheng, Huidong and Haifeng counties, all within 100 km north or northeast of Hong Kong.

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Other languages used

Hakka and other Chinese languages

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

23.3333,115.2459

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

910

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Non-monolingual speakers

nearly all

More about speakers

910 (1999 Mao Zongwu). 1,200 monolinguals. 580 Luofu, 390 Lianhua (McConnell 1995). Ethnic population: 710,000 (2000 census) including 375,000 in Fujian Province, 171,000 in Zhejiang Province 78,000 in Jiangxi Province, 45,000 in Guizhou Province, and 28,000 in Guangdong.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

China;

Coordinates

23.173161, 114.289706; 23.261141, 113.81086; 22.966617, 115.32353; 22.984975, 114.720079

Location description

Southeast Guangdong Province. Luofu: Boluo and Zengcheng counties; Lianhua: Haifeng and Huidong counties.

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Speakers' attitudes

neutral attitudes toward language loss

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Southeast Guangdong Province. Luofu: Boluo and Zengcheng counties; Lianhua: Haifeng and Huidong counties.

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Other languages used

Hakka [hak], Mandarin [cmn]

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More on context

Most ethnic She use Hakka Chinese [hak] as L1 and other Chinese as well, such as Min [nan] and Mandarin [cmn] (2007). Written Chinese is in common use.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

911

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

57000

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Ethnic Population

203452

Non-monolingual speakers

all

More about speakers

30% of the population still speak She.

Year of info

2011

Location and Context

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China

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Location description

eastern Fujian Province (閩東)

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eastern Fujian Province (閩東)

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Other languages used

Hakka; Mandarin; Min

Domains of other languages

all

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All of the middle-age and older generations are bilingual in She and Hakka. Some also speak Min or Mandarin. Younger generations are Mandarin-dominant, even if they have certain proficiency in She.

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