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The Kuki-Chin Communities of Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

unknown

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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Child speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

most

More about speakers

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Year of info

2011

Location and Context

Countries

Bangladesh

Coordinates

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Location description

The Bawm live in both Rangamati and Bandarban districts, but most are in Bandarban district. (p.11)

Government support

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Institutional support

There is not very much institutional support for Bawn Chin in Bangladesh communities.

Speakers' attitudes

very positive

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

latin scripts

Other writing systems

The Bawm live in both Rangamati and Bandarban districts, but most are in Bandarban district. (p.11)

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Bangla; neighboring languages such as Marma and Lushai

Domains of other languages

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More on context

In Bangladesh, the Bawm use Bawm Chin among themselves and switch to Bangla, the national language of Bangladesh, or other neighboring languages such as when talking to non-Bawm speakers. Bangla, the official language, is the medium for education. However, there is a Bawm language education program which "is being run by their own efforts and is successful because of community members' cooperation. The result of this language education program is that Bawm children can freely read literature in their own language." (p.29)

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

14,000

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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More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

22.1874,92.6477

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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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

21,520

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

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

There are 4,440 speakers in India (2004).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

India; Myanmar; Bangladesh

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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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

unknown

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

2007

Location and Context

Countries

India: Mizoram and Assam, Bangladesh and Burma

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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More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Assamese

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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Child 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

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Coordinates

22.5,92.25

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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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

13,793

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Child 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 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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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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