public_comment: ""Because of lack of documentation prior to 1980, the Xiandao people were incldued in the unclassified national minority category. Since 1980 they have been classified as a part of the Achang nationality. Xiandao people don't agree with this classification; they believe they are different from Achang and should be an independent group.
However, the Xiandao language is genetically very close to the Achang language. ..." (Tsung and Dai 2005:179)",
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updated_at: "2018-03-18 01:01:11",
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_other_languages_used: "Jinpo; Chinese",
domains_of_use: "Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.",
public_comment: "40% of the population speak Xiandao as their L1; 30% speak Chinese as their L1 and 30% speak Jingpo as their L1). Note that there is no monolingual in Xiandao. People are usually bilingual or trilingual in other languages such as Jingpo or Chinese.",