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Spiti Bhoti in India

Speakers

10,000

Type

Spoken language

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Location

India

Spiti Bhoti in India

Country

India

Language status situation

Definitely endangered

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Language situation

Endangered

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Information available

1. Basics

Names

Spiti Bhoti in India

Size

10,000

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

Northern India

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Songs, Cultural videos, folktales are available
https://youtu.be/-eqW1hPV_2c
https://youtu.be/lQuThqrVFHw
https://youtu.be/68BSDdnQ7Ug

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Audios files of Spiti on different linguistic aspects are available on
https://lai.ciil.org/browse/language?value=Spiti

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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

D. D. Sharma. 1992. Spitian. In Tribal Languages of Himachal Pradesh: Part Two, 1-96. New Delhi, India: Mittal Publications.

Sharma, Suhnu R. 1979. Phonological structure of Spiti. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 4. 83-110.

P. D. Agnew. 1899. Kulu, Lahul and Spiti. (Gazetteer of the Kangra District, II-IV.) Punjab Government. 295pp.

https://lai.ciil.org/browse/language?value=Spiti

Some books about Spiti community are available on
https://archive.org/search?query=spiti

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

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

Size / Number of users

Number of users

10000

Source

Ethnologue

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

Comments

Himachal Pradesh

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

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