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Wancho Naga in India

Speakers

59,154

Type

Spoken language

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Location

India

Wancho Naga in India

Country

India

Language status situation

Endangered/unsafe

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Language situation

Endangered

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Information available

1. Basics

Names

Wancho Naga in India

Size

59,154

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

NER

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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

Digital

Yes

Comments

Dr. Jyoti Prasad Konwar. 2019. Wancho Janagosthir Samaj-Sanskriti. Ramdhenu Printing. 978-81-941971-0-2.

Rev Dr M Mani Chacko, 2022. Wancho Naga Red Edge Bible. The Bible Society of India. 978-93-93511-70-6 15/03/2022

The Wancho Script. https://bharatavani.in/bharatavani/home/book?id=The Wancho Script
https://lai.ciil.org/handle/1/6318

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Video

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

Digital

Yes

Comments

Soem videos about culture and language are available in Wancho Language on below given links.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dya6tCr6fhU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFOhs2_RgtU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AQcQ5BPw6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXpoD-v7JjY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlmIU4g5hvg

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Audio

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

Digital

Yes

Comments

https://api.globalrecordings.net/files/language/mp3/6181.zip

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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

Kumar, Braj Bihari and Wangjen, Wangli and Boham, Noksam. 1974. Hindi Wancho English vocabulary. Kohima: Nagaland Bhasha Parishad. 31pp.

Das Gupta, K. 1979. A note on the Wancho language of Arunachal Pradesh. Resarun: journal of the Research Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh 5. 25-37.

Robbins Burling and M. Wancho. 1998. Wancho Phonology and Word List. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 21. 43-71.

Shrivastava, L.R.N. 1973. Among the Wanchos. Calcutta: Director of Information & Public Relations on behalf of the Arunachal Pradesh Administration.

Kiran Kumari, Modang Reena. 2020. Social and Cultural Life of the Wancho Tribe in Arunachal Pradesh. https://archive.org/details/httpswww.ijtsrd.comhumanities-and-the-artssocial-science30991social-and-cultural

Dr. Partha Pratim Phukon. 2019. THE NOUNS OF WANCHO: AN INFLECTIONAL PROCESS. Review of Research. http://oldror.lbp.world/UploadedData/9355.pdf

Dutta P. (1990). The Wanchos, Itanagar, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh.

T.J sdb F.F (2007). First Ever Wancho Grammar cum English- Wancho Tutor, Dimapur, Don Bosco
Publications

Wancho History http://lisindia.ciil.org/Wancho/Wancho_hist.html

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

Roman and Devanagari Scripts are used in writing

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

Arunachal Pradesh

Size / Number of users

Number of users

59154

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

All generations

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

Source

https://www.langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Wancho

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

State/District

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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