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Name: Tu
Type: Language
Alternate Names: Monguor; Mangghuer; Mongour; Mongor
Spoken in: China
Number of speakers: 152,000 (1999 K. Li). Very few monolinguals. Ethnic population: 190,000 (Ethnologue)
Number of speakers: 75000 (UNESCO)
Number of speakers: 152000 (World Oral Literature Project)
Code: mjg
Code Standard: ISO 639-3
Documentation: SIL
Families: Mongolian
Parent Subgroup: Monguor (mngr)
Child Dialects: Minhe; Mangghuer; Ming-ho (mjg-min) Huzhu; Mongghul; Halchighol; Naringhol; Hu-tsu; Narin-guor (mjg-huz)

Endangerment Status


UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered
Ethnologue Status: Not listed
Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

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