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Manjhi | ||
Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern Zone | ||
no | ||
ISO 639-3 | ||
mjz | ||
Ascsv | ||
Information from: “A Grammar of Majhi” (219pp) . Dubi Nanda Dhakal (2014) München LINCOM GmbHInformation from: “A Grammar of Majhi” (219pp) . Dubi Nanda Dhakal (2014) München LINCOM GmbH
83227
Only 29.34% of the entire population can speak the language.
"The language has either the official status, or it is used for administration, education, and media." (p.2)
Nepali
no written tradition
major concentration of the Majhis is found on the banks of Sunkoshi, Tamakoshi, and the adjacent areas
Information from: “Personal Communication on Majhi” . Dubi Nanda Dhakal (2017)
Following up on July 2016 reports about the death of Majhi in India, note that the vitality of Majhi in India may be very different from the vitality of Majhi in Nepal. The 2014 ~24,000 speaker number estimate is based on the Nepal communities.
Although the main Majhi communities are in Nepal, there may also be Majhi communities in India such as in the Sikkim and Darjeeling areas.
Information from: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge
Nepali
rivers Narayani and Saptagandaki
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
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SOURCE: “A Grammar of Majhi” (219pp) . Dubi Nanda Dhakal (2014) München LINCOM GmbH |
SOURCE: “South Asia and the Middle East” (283-348) . George van Driem (2007) , Christopher Moseley · London & New York: Routledge |
SOURCE: “Personal Communication on Majhi” . Dubi Nanda Dhakal (2017) |
SOURCE: “National Population and Housing Census 2011 (National Report)” . |
| 9783862885497 | Languages of the World/Materials | 2014 | A Grammar of Majhi | 219pp | München LINCOM GmbH | 500 | Dubi Nanda Dhakal | Dhakal, Dubi Nanda. 2014. A Grammar of Majhi. München: LINCOM GmbH. | 83227 | 24422 | 2011 ccensus | 10000-99999 | Only 29.34% of the entire population can speak the language. | all | Nepali | all | Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | 13 | "The language has either the official status, or it is used for administration, education, and media." (p.2) | 14 | 14 | Nepal | major concentration of the Majhis is found on the banks of Sunkoshi, Tamakoshi, and the adjacent areas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | South Asia and the Middle East | Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages | 283-348 | Christopher Moseley | London & New York: Routledge | George van Driem | George van Driem. 2007. "South Asia and the Middle East." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 283-348. London & New York: Routledge. | HHOLD | ~50,000 | 11,322 | 1991 | 10000-99999 | Nepali | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | Nepali | rivers Narayani and Saptagandaki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd | 2010 | Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger | UNESCO Publishing | Paris | http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas | Christopher Moseley (ed.) | 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.) | ll_pub | Nepal | 27.9208, 83.5082 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January | 2017 | Personal Communication on Majhi | Dubi Nanda Dhakal | Following up on July 2016 reports about the death of Majhi in India, note that the vitality of Majhi in India may be very different from the vitality of Majhi in Nepal. The 2014 ~24,000 speaker number estimate is based on the Nepal communities. | Although the main Majhi communities are in Nepal, there may also be Majhi communities in India such as in the Sikkim and Darjeeling areas. | Nepal, India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Oral Literature Project | http://www.oralliterature.org | "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org. | 22,087 | 10000-99999 | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NPHC 2011 | November | 2012 | National Population and Housing Census 2011 (National Report) | 01 | Central Bureau of Statistics | http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_phc/Nepal/Nepal-Census-2011-Vol1.pdf | Central Bureau of Statistics. 2012. National Population and Housing Census 2011 (NPHC2011), volume 1. Kathmandu, Nepal. | 24,378 | 2011 (census data) | 10000-99999 | Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |