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| − | from Lewis & Simons ( | + | from Lewis, M. P., & Simons, G. F. (2010). Assessing Endangerment: Expanding Fishman's GIDS. Romanian Review of Linguistics, 55(2), 103-120 [http://www.lingv.ro/resources/scm_images/RRL-02-2010-Lewis.pdf available online] |
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Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale
| Level | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | International | The language is used internationally for a broad range of functions. |
| 1 | National | Language used in education, work, mass media, govt at the nationwide level. |
| 2 | Regional | The language is used for local and regional mass media and govt services. |
| 3 | Trade | The language is used for local and regional work by both insiders and outsiders. |
| 4 | Educational | Literacy in language is being transmitted through a system of public education. |
| 5 | Written | The language is used orally by all generations and is effectively used in written form in parts of the community. |
| 6a | Vigorous | The language is used orally by all generations and is being learned by children as their first language. |
| 6b | Threatened | The language is used orally by all generations but only some of the child-bearing generation are transmitting it to their children. |
| 7 | Shifting | The child-bearing generation knows the language well enough to use it among themselves but none are transmitting it to their children. |
| 8a | Moribund | The only remaining active speakers of the language are members of the grandparent generation. |
| 8b | Nearly Extinct | The only remaining speakers of the language are members of the grandparent generation or older who have little opportunity to use the language. |
| 9 | Dormant | The language serves as a reminder of heritage identity for an ethnic community. No one has more than symbolic proficiency. |
| 10 | Extinct | No one retains a sense of ethnic identity associated with the language, even for symbolic purposes. |
from Lewis, M. P., & Simons, G. F. (2010). Assessing Endangerment: Expanding Fishman's GIDS. Romanian Review of Linguistics, 55(2), 103-120 available online
