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Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000-4,000

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Language Information By Source

Endangered Languages in Central Africa
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

3,000-4,000

Domains of Use

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Non-monolingual speakers

All

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Government support

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Speakers’s attitudes

Positive

Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

Lingala

Domains of other languages

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More on context

"Lingala is not typically used in the Babole region among Babole, who maintain a high degree of pride in their own language."

Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

~4000

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2003

Location and Context

Countries

14 villages along the Likouala-Aux-Herbes river system, Epena District, Likouala Region, Republic of Congo

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Other languages used

French, Lingala

Domains of other languages

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More on context

"French and Lingala are considered appropriate only for communicating with non-Babole ..."

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

4,062

Domains of Use

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Year of info

1990

Location and Context

Countries

Congo

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Location description

"The district of Epena is located in the Likouala Region, in the northwestern part of the People’s Republic of Congo... The fourteen villages south of Itanga [town in Epena district] are the homeland of the Babole (also called Ngele,‘downriver’). In 1984, these villages had a total population of 4062."

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"The district of Epena is located in the Likouala Region, in the northwestern part of the People’s Republic of Congo... The fourteen villages south of Itanga [town in Epena district] are the homeland of the Babole (also called Ngele,‘downriver’). In 1984, these villages had a total population of 4062."

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

French, Lingala

Domains of other languages

School, church

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

1.08333333333,17.25

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  1. 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
    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."
  2. Endangered Languages in Central Africa
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  3. The World Atlas of Language Structures
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  4. Babole
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  5. Les classes nominales et leur semantisme dans les langues bantu du nord-ouest
    Idiata-Mayombo, Daniel Franck, Myles Francis Leitch, Pierre Ondo-Mébiame and Jean-Paul Rekanga. 2000. "Les Classes Nominales Et Leur Semantisme Dans Les Langues Bantu Du Nord-ouest." 169. Lincom Europa.
  6. Language use in the Epena district of Northern Congo
    William L. Gardner. 1990. "Language Use in the Epena District of Northern Congo." SIL International. Online: http://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9226.
    http://www.sil.org/resources/publications/entry/9226
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