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Minyag

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Orthography   Morphology   Story/Song   Word List   Syntax    Language Use

 

Name

Bkra shis bzang po  The ersrs spoken in t  only Tibetan()ing Minyag.ree dialects, it'e

Contact Email

narongcarver@yahoo.com or nyagrongbkrashis@hotmail.com

Preferred name(s) of your language

Minyag, Nyagrong Minyag, Minyak, Munya, Manya Miyao, Manyak, Menya, Muya

Alternative names

Minyag

Language classification

Sino-Tibetan, Tibetan-Burman, Northeastern Tibeto-Burman, Qiangic

Geographical areas where spoken

Nyagrong Minyag is spoken in three townships in Nyag rong County Dkra mdzes Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, RP China.

Approximate number of monolingual speakers

Approximately fifty elders.

Other languages spoken in the area/country

Nyagskad (Local variety of Khams Tibetan ), Sichuan Chinese dialect, and Mandarin Chinese.

Official language(s) in your country

Sichuan Chinese dialect

Does your language have a widely accepted writing system?

No writing system

If yes, what materials are written?

None

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Background of the Language

Source

Reported number of speakers

Vitality Assessment            

www.ethnologue.com

10,000 (Bradley 2007), decreasing. About 2,000 are monolingual. Ethnic population: 15,000 (Bradley 2007).


www.unesco.org/culture/languages-atlas/en/atlasmap.com

12000 speakers


www.endangeredlanguages.com

15,000 spakers


www.wikipedia.com

13,000 speakers


www.endergeredlanguages.com

1000 speakers

Endergered

 

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