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Classification: Indo-European
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Veda, Vedda, Veddha, Weda, Wedda, Weddo, Beda, Bedda |
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Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan |
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Information from: “Endangered languages of South Asia” (303-341) . van Driem, George (2007) , Brenzinger, Matthias · Mouton de Gruyter
Information from: “Endangered languages of South Asia” (303-341) . van Driem, George (2007) , Brenzinger, Matthias · Mouton de Gruyter
"It is not known whether there are still any surviving speakers of the original, albeit heavily Indo-Aryanised Vedda language..." (p.305)
Sinhalese
"absorbed into modern Sinhalese society in terms of both lifestyle and language." (p. 305)
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Veddah reportedly no longer used (Breton 1997)
Shifting to Sinhala
Eastern mountains, Badulla and Polonnaruwa districts
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
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SOURCE: “Endangered languages of South Asia” (303-341) . van Driem, George (2007) , Brenzinger, Matthias · Mouton de Gruyter |
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SOURCE: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . , Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press |
| 3rd | 2010 | Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger | UNESCO Publishing | Paris | http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas | Christopher Moseley (ed.) | Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.) | ll_pub | 300 | 100-999 | Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | 7.346,81.3935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs | 2007 | Endangered languages of South Asia | Language Diversity Endangered | 303-341 | Brenzinger, Matthias | Mouton de Gruyter | van Driem, George | van Driem, George. 2007. "Endangered Languages of South Asia." In Language Diversity Endangered, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 303-341. Mouton de Gruyter. | HHOLD | 0? | all | Sinhalese | "absorbed into modern Sinhalese society in terms of both lifestyle and language." (p. 305) | all | Dormant () | "It is not known whether there are still any surviving speakers of the original, albeit heavily Indo-Aryanised Vedda language..." (p.305) | Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0199255911 | 2005 | The World Atlas of Language Structures | Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer | Oxford University Press | New York | 2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press. | 7.0,81.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Oral Literature Project | http://www.oralliterature.org | "World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org. | 300 | 100-999 | Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 2009 | Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009) | M. Paul Lewis | SIL International | Dallas, TX | http://www.ethnologue.com/ | Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.) | ll_pub | 2,500 (2002) | 300 | 1993 | 100-999 | Shifting to Sinhala | Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available) | Veddah reportedly no longer used (Breton 1997) | Sri Lanka | Eastern mountains, Badulla and Polonnaruwa districts |