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Native Speakers Worldwide

50

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Language Endangerment and Resilience Linguistics: Case Studies of Gong and Lisu
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

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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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

~500

Non-monolingual speakers

almost all

More about speakers

Speakers age above fifties.

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Thailand

Coordinates

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Location description

Western Central Thailand (Kok Chiang village in Suphanburi สุพรรณบุรี, and Khok Khway village in Uthai Thani อุทัยธานี, Thailand)

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

positive

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

Thai-based scripts

Other writing systems

Western Central Thailand (Kok Chiang village in Suphanburi สุพรรณบุรี, and Khok Khway village in Uthai Thani อุทัยธานี, Thailand)

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Thai; Lao

Domains of other languages

all domains

More on context

practice exogamy. Most non-Gong spouses in Kok Chiang are from Laos, and non-Gong spouses in Khok Khway are mostly Thai.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

80

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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Elder Speakers

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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

Thailand

Coordinates

15.088,99.523

Location description

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Government support

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~80

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

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Older adult speakers

~20

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

500

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Of 500 people in these two villages, about eighty still speak the language: about twenty fluent speakers over fifty years old and additional semi-speakers of varying ability as young as thirty.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Thailand

Coordinates

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Location description

Northwestern Suphanburi and south- western Uthai Thani provinces

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Northwestern Suphanburi and south- western Uthai Thani provinces

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Thai; Lao

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

Called Lawa in Thai, a composite group which includes various Mon-Khmer groups as well as Gong.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

80

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

500

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Speaker number data: (D. Bradley 2000)

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Thailand;

Coordinates

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Location description

Kanchanaburi, Uthai Thani, Suphanburi

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Kanchanaburi, Uthai Thani, Suphanburi

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

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

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

500

Non-monolingual speakers

almost all

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2006

Location and Context

Countries

Thailand

Coordinates

No data

Location description

one village in Uthai Thani (อุทัยธานี) Province and two villages in Suphanburi (สุพรรณบุรี) Province, Thailand.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

positive

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

Thai-based orthography

Other writing systems

one village in Uthai Thani (อุทัยธานี) Province and two villages in Suphanburi (สุพรรณบุรี) Province, Thailand.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Thai; Lao

Domains of other languages

all domains

More on context

This study is conducted in the Kok Chiang village of Suphanburi (สุพรรณบุรี) Province, Thailand. According to the author, "Gong speakers expressed a neutral attitude toward their ethnic group, and a positive attitude toward their language and themselves."

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

80

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Ethnic Population

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Location description

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Government support

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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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