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Native Speakers Worldwide

4,200

Domains of Use

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Rapid appraisal and lexicostatistical analysis surveys of Atong, Ambele, and Menka Widikum-Menka Subdivision Momo Division North West Province
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

4,200

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

4200

Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

"The people of Atong refer to themselves and their language as 'Etoh.' Members of communities in surrounding language groups also call them by the name 'Etoh.' There is, however, one village among this group called Atong, which might explain why the first researchers chose the name Atong."

Year of info

2002

Location and Context

Countries

Widikum-Menka Subdivision, Momo Division, North West Province of Cameroon

Coordinates

6.044967, 9.748787

Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

Little

Speakers' attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Pidgin, English, Ngwo

Domains of other languages

Home, Farm, Marketplace, Education, Council Meetings

More on context

"On one hand... the Atong language has a good chance of remaining an integral part of society. On the other hand, there may be difficulty finding potential personnel in the community to carry out a language project."

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

4,200

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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    2012. "Endangered Languages Catalogue Project. Compiled By Research Teams At University of Hawai'i Mānoa and Institute For Language Information and Technology (LINGUIST List) At Eastern Michigan University."
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  3. Rapid appraisal and lexicostatistical analysis surveys of Atong, Ambele, and Menka Widikum-Menka Subdivision Momo Division North West Province
    Ayotte, Charlene and Michael Ayotte. 2002. "Rapid Appraisal and Lexicostatistical Analysis Surveys of Atong, Ambele, and Menka Widikum-Menka Subdivision Momo Division North West Province." In SIL Electronic Survey Reports, 2002-076: Online: http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-076.
    http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-076
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