Did you know Western Mewahang is threatened?

ALSO KNOWN AS		Rai, Newang, Newahang, Newange Rai, Newahang Jimi, Mewahang, Jindā, Meohang, Western
CLASSIFICATION		Sino-Tibetan, Kiranti
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		raf
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Bala Bumdemba
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4650
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3100
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The speaker number and the ethnic number listed in 2011 census are both for Mewahang Bala.

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.		3100	4650	2011 census	1000-9999	The speaker number and the ethnic number listed in 2011 census are both for Mewahang Bala.	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Nepal
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			3,000		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		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								27.5441,87.1401
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International		Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	3,000						Nepal

Western Mewahang