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A sketch grammar of Darai
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~3060

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

10210 (2001 census)

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Spoken by less than 1/3 of the Darai population.

Year of info

2003

Location and Context

Countries

Nepal

Coordinates

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Location description

Tanahu, Gorkha, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Palpa and Dhuading districts; the majority of Darai live in Tanahu

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)

Devanagari script

Other writing systems

Tanahu, Gorkha, Chitwan, Nawalparasi, Palpa and Dhuading districts; the majority of Darai live in Tanahu

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Nepali (the national language)

Domains of other languages

all

More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,210

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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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

27.9264,84.331

Location description

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Government support

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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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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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

14,859

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from the 2001 census.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Nepal

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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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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More about speakers

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

24.0,84.0

Location description

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Government 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

No data

Domains of other languages

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More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

10,210

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

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

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

Location and Context

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No data

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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Other languages used

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  1. Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled by research teams at University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute for Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) at Eastern Michigan University
    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
  2. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  3. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
    Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
    http://www.ethnologue.com/
  4. World Oral Literature Project
    "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.
    http://www.oralliterature.org
  5. The World Atlas of Language Structures
    2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
  6. Darai Phonemic Summary
    Kotapish, Carl and Sharon Kotapish. 1973. "Darai Phonemic Summary." Summer Institute of Linguistics and Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University.
  7. A Darai-English, English-Darai Glossary
    Kotapish, Carl and Sharon Kotapish. 1975. "A Darai-English, English-Darai Glossary." Summer Institute of Linguistics and Institute of Nepal and Asian Studies, Tribhuvan University.
  8. A sketch grammar of Darai
    Paudyal, Netra Prasad. 2003. A sketch grammar of Darai. Kirtipur: Tribhuvan University. 201pp.
  9. Darai Grammar
    Dhakal, Dubi Nanda. 2012. Darai Grammar. (Languages of the World/Materials, 489.) München: Lincom. 216pp.
  10. Darai Texts
    Dhakal, Dubi Nanda. 2013. Darai Texts. (Languages of the World/Text Collections, 32.) München: Lincom. 141pp.