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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

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Language Information By Source

East and Southeast Asia
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

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

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

all

More about speakers

There are children learning the language.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

India

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Location description

Eleven villages in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, Assam, and Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh

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Other writing systems

Eleven villages in Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, Assam, and Tirap District, Arunachal Pradesh

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Assamese

Domains of other languages

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More on context

There is a flowering of activity focused on the numerous Phake traditional manuscripts.

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

27.5033,95.2185

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

> 2,000

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

India

Coordinates

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Location description

Spoken in 9 villages in Assam and 2 villages in Arunachal Pradesh. Assam villages: Namphake, Tipam Phake, Borphake, Nigam Phake, Faneng, Mounglang, Man Mau, Man Long, and Nonglai. Arunachal Pradesh Villages: Wagun and Lung Kung.

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Spoken in 9 villages in Assam and 2 villages in Arunachal Pradesh. Assam villages: Namphake, Tipam Phake, Borphake, Nigam Phake, Faneng, Mounglang, Man Mau, Man Long, and Nonglai. Arunachal Pradesh Villages: Wagun and Lung Kung.

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Other languages used

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

5,000

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