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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

53

Domains of Use

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A sociolinguistic study of the Baram language
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

53

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

53

Ethnic Population

7383 (Central Bureau of Statistics)

Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

2 speakers in Takukot-5, Mailung, and 51 speakers in Takukot-8, Dandagaun. "Most of the fluent speakers are above 60 years of age. The youngest fluent speakers we found is 48 years old."

Year of info

2011

Location and Context

Countries

Western Nepal

Coordinates

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Location description

Predominantly in the central-southern part of the Gorkha district, along the Daraundi and Budhigandaki rivers and their tributaries.

Government support

None

Institutional support

Yes

Speakers’s attitudes

Neutral to positive (previously negative)

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Predominantly in the central-southern part of the Gorkha district, along the Daraundi and Budhigandaki rivers and their tributaries.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Nepali

Domains of other languages

All

More on context

There are no monolingual speakers of Baram. "[T]hey used to hesitate to speak their own language in front of speakers of other languages and to identify themselves as Barams... But at present, because of the democratic movements and growing awareness among the minority ethnic groups, Barams are happy to use their language and to identify themselves as Baram.... The Nepal Baram Association, a national-level organization, and the Gorkha Baram Associatino, at the district level, have been actively promoting the language, culture, and identity of the Baram people."

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

342

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

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

28.041,84.629

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

7,383

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

The number of speakers is decreasing. Data for the ethnic population is from the 2001 census.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Nepal

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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More on context

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-speakers

No data

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

A few hundred speakers, but fluent speakers are all middle-aged to elderly and together number far less than a hundred.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Nepal: Gorkha district

Coordinates

No data

Location description

One village, Dandagau, near Pipal Danda in the Takukot area.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

One village, Dandagau, near Pipal Danda in the Takukot area.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language 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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Location description

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Government support

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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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