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Native Speakers Worldwide

>20,000

Domains of Use

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Language Information By Source

Sociolinguistic Survey of the Pongu People
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

>20,000

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

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Non-monolingual speakers

Widespread bilingualism in Hausa

More about speakers

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Year of info

2002

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

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Location description

Gumna District and Tegina District

Government support

No data

Institutional support

Radio Niger has a “request” program in the Pongu language three times a week.

Speakers' attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

Gumna District and Tegina District

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Hausa, English

Domains of other languages

Hausa with non-Pongu people and at market

More on context

"The Pongu display a strong interest in maintaining their own language and culture. "

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

7,800

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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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

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

13.165,-3.4277

Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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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

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Domains of other languages

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

30,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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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

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2003).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Nigeria; Burkina Faso;

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Child 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

2005

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

10.0833333333,6.33333333333

Location description

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Government support

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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