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4879 (Nihali) {
id: 4879 , code_val: "nll ", code_authorities: "ISO 639-3 ", primary_name: "Nihali ", alternate_names: "Nihal; Nahali; Kalto ", lang_description: "", classification: "Isolate; South Asian ", dialect_varieties: "", public_comment: "While typically considered a language isolate, various hypotheses have been put forward linking Nihali genetically to languages such as Nostratic, Kusunda, Ainu, and the Munda languages (though none have demonstrated conclusive evidence for any genetic affiliation). Shailendra Mohan during 2012-2013 was awarded a grant from the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project in order to produce a grammar, lexicon, and text collection of the language. Materials from this project are still forthcoming as of 08/2014. ", private_comment: null, source_id: 89800 , speakers: [ { id: 9193 , code_id: 4879 , speaker_number: "1000-9999 ", speaker_number_text: "2,000 ", second_language_speakers: "", semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "5,000 ", date_of_info: "1991 ", public_comment: "Data for the number of native speakers comes from Parkin (1991). Data for the ethnic population was gathered in 1987. ", private_comment: null, source_id: 1511 , preferred: 0, { id: 9194 , code_id: 4879 , speaker_number: "1000-9999 ", speaker_number_text: "2,000 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 1521 , preferred: 0, { id: 9195 , code_id: 4879 , speaker_number: "1000-9999 ", speaker_number_text: "2,000 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 1881 , preferred: 0, { id: 9754 , code_id: 4879 , speaker_number: "1000-9999 ", speaker_number_text: "1,000-2,000 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 88138 , preferred: 1 , { id: 13903 , code_id: 4879 , speaker_number: null, speaker_number_text: null, second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 102 , preferred: 0, { id: 16340 , code_id: 4879 , speaker_number: null, speaker_number_text: null, second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, date_of_info: null, public_comment: null, private_comment: null, source_id: 89541 , preferred: 0, language: { code_id: 4879 , featured: 0, cached_documentation_score: -1 , google_group_url: "", simplified_level: "mid ", coordinates: "19.75,77.8333333333 ", updated_at: "2018-03-29 17:39:35 ", speaker_attitude: null, government_support: null, institutional_support: null, _other_languages_used: null, domains_of_use: null, speakers_worldwide: "1,000-2,000 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: null, children: null, young_adults: null, older_adults: null, elders: null, ethnic_population: null, speakers_worldwide_year: null, bibliography_of_vitality: "", bibliography_of_context: "88138 ", bibliography_of_locations: "102 ", user_submission: "", approved: 1 , speakers_int_cache: 1500 , has_audio_samples: 0, has_document_samples: 1 , has_image_samples: 0, has_guide_samples: 0, has_video_samples: 1 , search_simplified_level: "T ", user_id: 1 , code_val_cache: "nll ", has_link_samples: 4 , submission_source_info: "", countries: [ { id: 90 , name: "India ", pivot: { language_id: 4879 , country_id: 90 , }