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Diachronic and synchronic overview of the Tujia language of Central South China
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~65000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

8000000 (people listed under the Tujia nationality)

Non-monolingual speakers

all

More about speakers

less than 1% of the Tuija population

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

No data

Location description

the border regions of Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou Provinces and Chongqing Municipality

Government support

no

Institutional support

no

Speakers’s attitudes

positive

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

the border regions of Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou Provinces and Chongqing Municipality

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Mandarin or other Chinese languages

Domains of other languages

all

More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

60,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

28.828,109.5904

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~60,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

~30,000

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

8,028,133 members of the Tujia nationality

Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

China

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Northwestern Hunan

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Northwestern Hunan

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Chinese

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

70,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

8,028,133

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Speaker number data: (Brassett and Brassett 2005). 100 monolinguals. 60% older than 50 years, 30% between 20 and 50, 10% under 25.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

China;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Northwest Hunan, Yingjiang and Yanhe counties, Hubei, Guizhou, Wuling Mt. range

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Northwest Hunan, Yingjiang and Yanhe counties, Hubei, Guizhou, Wuling Mt. range

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

Also use Mandarin Chinese or Hmong Njua [hnj].

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

70,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

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