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Name:
Lawa, Western
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Wa; Wa Proper; Lava; Luwa; Lua; L'wa; Lavua; Lavüa; Mountain Lawa; Lawa; Mae Sariang; La'wa
Spoken in:
China, Thailand
Number of speakers:
8,000 (2007 Nahhas). Ethnic population: 8,500
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
15000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
82000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
lcp
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Austro-Asiatic
Parent Subgroup:
Lawa (lawa)
Child Dialect:
La-Oor (lcp-lao)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Lawa, Western
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