ISO 639-3 · pehpeh
Mongolic family
Bonan
མ་ནི་སྐད་ཅི
Bonan is a language of the Shirongolic branch (Mongolic), spoken in China. Wikidata counts about 10,000 speakers (2017).
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
peh- Glottocode
bona1250- Family
- Mongolic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 22 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Bonan · མ་ནི་སྐད་ཅི |
|---|---|
| Also called | Bonan language, Gansu Bonan, Bao'an, Ma ni skad ci, Manikacha |
| All speakers | 10,000 (2017) |
| Written in | Tibetan alphabet |
| Grammatical cases | 4 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Mongolic to Bonan
The branches above Bonan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in China
zhoChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.30 bncmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 mporPortugueseIndo-European · 227.3 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafewuuWu ChineseSino-Tibetan · 80.7 m5 · DevelopingvieVietnameseAustroasiatic · 76 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalyueYue ChineseSino-Tibetan · 62.2 m2 · ProvincialnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · Vigorous