SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2011-042

The Hajong of Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey

Authors	Ahmad, Sayed Kim, Amy Kim, Seung Sangma, Mridul
Abstract	This survey report focuses on sociolinguistic research conducted among the Hajong community living in northern Bangladesh. The research was conducted in March 2005; its overriding purpose was to gather information that could tie into recent and ongoing language-development efforts among the Hajong in India. To meet this purpose, linguistic variation among the Hajong people living in Bangladesh and India was investigated, the long-term vitality of the Hajong language in Bangladesh was assessed, and issues regarding language attitudes, script, and current Hajong language and culture development efforts were studied.
	The Hajong of Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey
Published	2011
Language	Hajong [haj]
Country	Bangladesh
Subjects	Language surveys Sociolinguistics
Keywords	Language surveys