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Native Speakers Worldwide

7,000

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Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

7,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

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Data for the number of native speakers comes from A. Khorong (2000).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

India

Coordinates

24.8, 93.6

Location description

Manipur

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Manipur

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Year of info

1986

Location and Context

Countries

India

Coordinates

24.636, 93.718

Location description

Manipur district. Villages are located on hills overlooking the central plain of Manipur. Nungsai Chiru, a Chiru village, is located a few kilometers to the west of Bishenpur town, about 30 kilometers south-west of Imphal.

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Manipur district. Villages are located on hills overlooking the central plain of Manipur. Nungsai Chiru, a Chiru village, is located a few kilometers to the west of Bishenpur town, about 30 kilometers south-west of Imphal.

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

India: Manipur state

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Rapidly losing ground to Meithei, the state majority language

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