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While there is no definite threshold for identifying a language as endangered, UNESCO's 2003 document entitled Language vitality and endangerment outlines nine factors for determining language vitality:
 * 1) Intergenerational language transmission
 * 2) Absolute number of speakers
 * 3) Proportion of speakers existing within the total (global) population
 * 4) Language use within existing contexts and domains
 * 5) Response to language use in new domains and media
 * 6) Availability of materials for language education and literacy
 * 7) Government and institutional language policies
 * 8) Community attitudes toward their language
 * 9) Amount and quality of documentation