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"Svan/Udi/Tsova-Tush" DoBES Project
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

30,000

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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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

all

More about speakers

In most recent statistics (1997): Upper Svan dialects ~15,000, Lower Svan dialects <12,000, Kodori region speakers ~2,500

Year of info

2006

Location and Context

Countries

Georgia

Coordinates

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Location description

High mountain region of North West Georgia along the gorges of the rivers Enguri, Cxenis-cqali and Kodori

Government support

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

High mountain region of North West Georgia along the gorges of the rivers Enguri, Cxenis-cqali and Kodori

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Georgian

Domains of other languages

education, administration

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

80,000

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

43.0207,42.3193

Location description

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Government support

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

15,000

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

15,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Speaker number and ethnic population data (A. Kibrik 2000)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Georgia;

Coordinates

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Location description

Svantetia region

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

Svantetia region

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

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Ethnic Population

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More about speakers

The number of speakers is usually given as 40,000, but in reality it may be down to a few thousand, because many people who have shifted to the closely related Georgian still claim Svan ethnicity.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Caucasia: northwestern Georgia

Coordinates

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Location description

Spoken in an area known as Svanetia, mainly within Mestiya and Lentekhi counties in Georgia, and possibly in small enclaves in the adjacent regions in the Kabard-Balkar Republic in the Russian Federation.

Government support

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Spoken in an area known as Svanetia, mainly within Mestiya and Lentekhi counties in Georgia, and possibly in small enclaves in the adjacent regions in the Kabard-Balkar Republic in the Russian Federation.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Georgian

Domains of other languages

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

43.0,42.5

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Government support

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

15,000

Domains of Use

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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