Chiru in India

Speakers

8,600

Type

Location

Chiru in India

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Chiru in India

Size

8,600

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
North East India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
Dr. Haobam Nalini Devi (2022). Chiru-gi Khunung Eshei. The Cultural Forum, Manipur 978-81-958591-0-8


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Video

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysj5lhmwkYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qaPUQWcYtI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y45W_xNIsBg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1yQUYqkD98
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0q4xodgTg4

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Audio

  • Extended corpora
  • Annotated corpora
  • Corpus/corpora
  • Materials/corpus
  • Some materials
  • No materials
Digital
Yes
Comments
https://lai.ciil.org/browse/language?value=Chiru

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Documentation: descriptions

  • Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
  • Dictionaries and grammars
  • Dictionary and grammar
  • Glossary and descriptions
  • Few descriptions
  • No descriptions
Digital
Yes
Comments
Singh, Salam Brojen. 2007. Chiru Grammar. (Doctoral dissertation, Canchipur: Manipur University; 218pp.)
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/handle/10603/105220

Awan, Mechek Sampar. 2019. Agreement system in Chiru. Himalayan Linguistics 18. 78-90.

Awan,Mechek Sampar, (2022). Phonology And Morphology Of Chiru. Ph.D Dissertation, Assam University.
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/jspui/handle/10603/369122

Mechek Sampar Awan (2017). Numerals in Chiru. Language in India.Vol. 17:7 ISSN 1930-2940
http://www.languageinindia.com/july2017/awanchirunumeralsfinal.pdf.

CHIRU DOCUMENTATION, https://www.sppel.org/chirudoc.aspx

Awan, Mechek Sampar. 2014. Segmental Phonology of Chiru. Language in India ISSN 1930-2940 Vol 14:10

Awan, Mechek Sampar and Mary Kim. 2018. "Nature and Extent of Endangerment in Chiru". Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Endangered and Lesser-Known Languages, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysuru.

Ansari, S. A. (Sultan Ahmed) 1986. Socio-economic development in tribal area of Manipur : a case study of the Chirus of Nungsai Chiru. Delhi : B.R. Pub. Corp.
https://archive.org/details/socioeconomicdev0000ansa/mode/2up

Hosea Thanglen, Ramthar Thanglen (2017). A Major Traditional festival of Chiru Tribe of North-East India. Asian Journal of Social Science and Humanities. Vol 06(2).

Standardization

  • Modern standard language
  • Young standard language
  • Standardised language
  • Quasi-standard language
  • Semi-standardised language
  • Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

  • Standardised writing system with full script encoding
  • Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
  • Consistent writing system with no script encoding
  • Unsystematic writing system(s)
  • Limited written use
  • No written use
Comments
Chiru language is written with Roman script

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban
Administrative units of the country
Manipur & Chachar district of Assam

Size / Number of users

Number of users

8600
Source
Census of India
Year
2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use
Comments
Village

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used
  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used

Legal system

Completion