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An overview of Khaling verbal morphology
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

15,000

Domains of Use

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Non-monolingual speakers

all

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Year of info

2012

Location and Context

Countries

Nepal

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Location description

Solukhumbu, Eastern Nepal

Government support

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Speakers’s attitudes

positive

Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

Solukhumbu, Eastern Nepal

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Other languages used

Nepali

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Nearly all the Khaling speakers are bilingual in Nepali.

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

9,288

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

Nepal

Coordinates

27.5781,86.7163

Location description

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

18,000

Domains of Use

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Non-monolingual speakers

most

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Nepal; India

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Location description

"Sagarmatha zone, Solu Khumbu, Khotang districts; Koshi zone, Bhojpur, Sankhuwasawa, Terhathum districts; Mechi zone, Panchtar and Ilam districts. Also in India: Darjeeling and Sikkim area, scattered."

Government support

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Script (Writing system)

Devanagari script

Other writing systems

"Sagarmatha zone, Solu Khumbu, Khotang districts; Koshi zone, Bhojpur, Sankhuwasawa, Terhathum districts; Mechi zone, Panchtar and Ilam districts. Also in India: Darjeeling and Sikkim area, scattered."

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Other languages used

Nepali

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"Most speakers of Khaling use Nepali as well .Older women are less bilingual and many have only minimal comprehension of Nepali."

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

27.5,86.6666666667

Location description

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Other languages used

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

9,288

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language 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

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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

Location and Context

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    http://www.ling.sinica.edu.tw/files/publication/j2012_6_03_7314.pdf
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