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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

Unknown

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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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

40,000

Non-monolingual speakers

Most

More about speakers

"Census data puts population of areas where Kinnauri is spoken to be around 40,000. There is no thorough sociolinguistic study to give an exact number of language speakers, fluent or partially. Nobody is learning the language as L2."

Year of info

2020

Location and Context

Countries

India;

Coordinates

31.58333, 78.41667

Location description

In villages in Kalpa, Sangla and Nichar Tehsil, Moorang and Ropa, Giabong villages in Pooh tehsil in Kinnaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Government support

None

Institutional support

None

Speakers' attitudes

Neutral

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

None

Other writing systems

In villages in Kalpa, Sangla and Nichar Tehsil, Moorang and Ropa, Giabong villages in Pooh tehsil in Kinnaur District, Himachal Pradesh, India.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Hindi, English

Domains of other languages

Home, religion

More on context

"Neutral feelings, speakers do not realize that the language is fast losing fluent speakers to Hindi."

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

<84,000

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

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Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

84,298

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

India

Coordinates

No data

Location description

the northern side of Himachal Pradesh

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

Strong positive language attitudes among older and middle aged speakers. Younger speakers feel less strongly, but still hold positive attitudes towards the language.

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No written script

Other writing systems

the northern side of Himachal Pradesh

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Hindi

Domains of other languages

Education, Marketplace, some inter-regional interactions

More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

65,097

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

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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

2001

Location and Context

Countries

India

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' 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

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

63,800

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

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

India

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Himachal Pradesh, Kinnaur, Lahul-Spiti districts, Chauhra to Sangla and north along Satluj River to Morang, upper Ropa River Valley villages; Shimla and Rampur area; Uttar Pradesh; Punjab; Kashmir.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

Devanagari script

Other writing systems

Himachal Pradesh, Kinnaur, Lahul-Spiti districts, Chauhra to Sangla and north along Satluj River to Morang, upper Ropa River Valley villages; Shimla and Rampur area; Uttar Pradesh; Punjab; Kashmir.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Hindi

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

Kinnauri is a trade language.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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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

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

31.5,78.0

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

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More on context

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

48,778

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

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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

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

No data

Year of info

Location and Context

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Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Standard orthography

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No data

Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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