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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<6,000 (including all the Gelao languages)

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Case studies of endangered languages in China (中國瀕危語言個案研究)
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<6,000 (including all the Gelao languages)

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

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

mostly

Ethnic Population

579,357 (as of 2000 census; including all the ethnic Gelao)

Non-monolingual speakers

almost all

More about speakers

only 1% of the entire Gelao population (White Gelao, Red Gelao, Green Gelao and Gao Gelao) speak their own Gelao languages.

Year of info

2004

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

26.212, 105.478; 26.305, 105.743; 26.669, 105.768; 26.559, 104.960

Location description

Liuzhi (六枝), Puding (普定), Zhijin (織金), and Shuicheng (水城) counties of Guizhou, and Moji (摩基) of Longlin (隆林) county in Guangxi Province.

Government support

no

Institutional support

no

Speakers' attitudes

neutral ~ negative

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Liuzhi (六枝), Puding (普定), Zhijin (織金), and Shuicheng (水城) counties of Guizhou, and Moji (摩基) of Longlin (隆林) county in Guangxi Province.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Mandarin or other neighboring languages

Domains of other languages

all domains

More on context

Mandarin is the official language and the medium for education; Mandarin is also used in daily life with outsiders or with White Gelao speakers from other villages.

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,220

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

23.2,105.3333

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

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

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Guizhou, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces, China; Vietnam

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province; Longlin County, Guangxi Province; Malipo County, Yunnan Province, and nearby in Vietnam.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province; Longlin County, Guangxi Province; Malipo County, Yunnan Province, and nearby in Vietnam.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

One of the components of the Gelao nationality of China and the Kíolao ethnic group of Vietnam. The Chinese rendering of the name of this group is Duoluo; the Vietnamese term Tu Du derives from the name used by White Gelao in Vietnam.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

20

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Vietnam; China

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional 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

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More on writing systems

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Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

20

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

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

Location and Context

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Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional 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

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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More on context

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