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5631 (Galo) {
id: 5631 , code_val: "adl ", code_authorities: "ISO 639-3 ", primary_name: "Galo ", alternate_names: "Gallong; Adi; Adi, Galo; Adi-Gallong; Adi-Galo; Galong; Abor; ", lang_description: "", classification: "Sino-Tibetan; Tani ", dialect_varieties: "", public_comment: "", private_comment: null, source_id: 89800 , speakers: [ { id: 10787 , code_id: 5631 , speaker_number: "10000-99999 ", speaker_number_text: "~40,000 ", second_language_speakers: "", semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "", date_of_info: "", public_comment: "", private_comment: null, source_id: 17168 , preferred: 0, }, { id: 14256 , code_id: 5631 , 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: 1521 , preferred: 0, }, { id: 29777 , code_id: 5631 , speaker_number: "10000-99999 ", speaker_number_text: "30,000-40,000 ", second_language_speakers: "", semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "", date_of_info: "", public_comment: ""No reliable survey on the number of Galo speakers (as opposed to Galo
tribespeople, who do not always speak Galo) has to date been conducted. The 1981
Census of India put the number of “Adi Gallong” tribespeople at 8,999 (Hussain 1995).
However, the 1991 census puts the figure at a bursting 45,616! This increase is clearly not
solely due to population growth, but rather reflects the extreme difficulties of demarcating
tribal and linguistic categories in North-East India, and the absence of any effective or
commonly agreed-upon means for doing so.. The number of Galo speakers
may be estimated at around 30,000-40,000 (or more, depending on where lines are drawn)" (pg. 63) ", private_comment: null, source_id: 9313 , preferred: 1 , }, ], language: { code_id: 5631 , featured: 0, cached_documentation_score: -1 , google_group_url: "", simplified_level: "mid ", coordinates: "28.1688,94.7433 ", updated_at: "2018-03-28 16:03:15 ", speaker_attitude: "", government_support: "", institutional_support: "", _other_languages_used: "Hindi; Assamese; English ", domains_of_use: "Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc. ", speakers_worldwide: "30,000-40,000 ", second_language_speakers: null, semi_speakers: "", children: "", young_adults: "", older_adults: "", elders: "", ethnic_population: "", speakers_worldwide_year: "", bibliography_of_vitality: "9313 ", bibliography_of_context: "9313 ", bibliography_of_locations: "1521 ", user_submission: "", approved: 1 , speakers_int_cache: 35000 , has_audio_samples: 0, has_document_samples: 0, has_image_samples: 0, has_guide_samples: 0, has_video_samples: 0, search_simplified_level: "V ", user_id: 1 , code_val_cache: "adl ", has_link_samples: 1 , submission_source_info: "", countries: [ { id: 90 , name: "India ", pivot: { language_id: 5631 , country_id: 90 , }, }, ], }, }