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Native Speakers Worldwide

23,721

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Language Information By Source

Zagrosians and Indo-Europeans
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

23,721

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

50,574

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Based on census data; half of the population speaks Dhanwar.

Year of info

2001

Location and Context

Countries

Nepal

Coordinates

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Location description

Sindhulī and Udaypur districts in the Inner Terai; also in the hills of Kābhrepālañcok and Sindhupālcok districts and in the Terai districts of Sarlāhī, Mahottarī, Dhanuṣā and Sirāhā

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Sindhulī and Udaypur districts in the Inner Terai; also in the hills of Kābhrepālañcok and Sindhupālcok districts and in the Terai districts of Sarlāhī, Mahottarī, Dhanuṣā and Sirāhā

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Other languages used

Nepali

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

31,849

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Nepal

Coordinates

26.9661,86.3223

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

31,800

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

53,229

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2001 census. "No monolinguals (Toba, Toba and Rai 2005)."

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Nepal

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Native Speakers Worldwide

31,849

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