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Name:
Veddah
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Veda; Vedda; Veddha; Weda; Wedda; Weddo; Beda; Bedda; Vaedda
Spoken in:
Sri Lanka
Number of speakers:
300 (Johnstone 1993). Ethnic population: 2,500 (2002)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
300
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
300
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
ved
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Sinhalese-Maldivian; Singhalese-Maldivian (sinm)
Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Nearly Extinct UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Endangered
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