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Native Speakers Worldwide

<44,000?

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Language Information By Source

Sociolinguistic survey (level one) of the Reshe people
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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

<44,000?

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

~44,000

Non-monolingual speakers

Most

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2002

Location and Context

Countries

Kebbe State and western Niger State

Coordinates

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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

Hausa

Domains of other languages

Praying, singing

More on context

"90%% of our respondents said they spoke Hausa as a second language"

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

44,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

10.8791,4.6115

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

44,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1993).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Nigeria;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

44,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

No data

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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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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More on context

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