Spoken L1 Language: Limbu

Comments on subclassification

George van Driem 2001

AES status:
shifting
Source:
Campbell, Lyle and Lee, Nala Huiying and Okura, Eve and Simpson, Sean and Ueki, Kaori 2022
Comment:
Limbu (1621-lif) = Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available) ("It is sometimes claimed that language retention is as high as 80 percent, but these figures belie the dire situation of [Limbu]... Under the currently prevailing sociolinguistic conditions Limbu is likely to be completely extinct by the end of this century unless measures are taken to revitalize the language through the primary school system." (pg. 305))

(see Driem 2007)

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