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Native Speakers Worldwide

<6,000 (including speakers of all the Gelao languages)

Domains of Use

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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 speakers of 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

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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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

26.254, 105.947; 26.409, 106.255; 26.304, 105.734; 26.548, 104.988

Location description

Anshun (安順), Pingba (平垻), Puding (普定), and Shuicheng (水城) counties of central and western Guizhou

Government support

no

Institutional support

no

Speakers' attitudes

neutral ~ negative

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Anshun (安順), Pingba (平垻), Puding (普定), and Shuicheng (水城) counties of central and western Guizhou

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Mandarin

Domains of other languages

all domains

More on context

Mandarin is the official language and the medium for education, but also predominately used in non-official domains.

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

5

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

28.7447,106.0714

Location description

No data

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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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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

All

Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Gao is spoken only by a few elderly individuals.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Guizhou Province, China

Coordinates

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Location description

Various rural areas of Pingba and Puding counties, and formerly in Anshun, Zhijin and Shuicheng counties and Luzhi City.

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

Various rural areas of Pingba and Puding counties, and formerly in Anshun, Zhijin and Shuicheng counties and Luzhi City.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000 (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

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

579,357

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

3,000 (1999 L. Jinfang). 500 monolinguals. Qau 2000, A’ou 1500, Hagei 1700, Duoluo 1200, Tu’lu 1500. Ethnic population: 579,357 (2000 census)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

No data

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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More on 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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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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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

2005

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

22.9166666667,105.5

Location description

No data

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

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000 (including all the Gelao languages)

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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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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Location description

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Other languages used

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