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Endangered Languages in Central Africa
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

Few

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Year of info

2007

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Native Speakers Worldwide

A few

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More about speakers

Grimes (1984) is cited saying "Only a few speakers left". Boyd (p.c.) is cited reporting that Galke and related languages are spoken by "very small groups of people".

Year of info

1992

Location and Context

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Cameroon

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Location description

The village of Tcholliré (Benue District).

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Other writing systems

The village of Tcholliré (Benue District).

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Other languages used

Fulfulde

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Native Speakers Worldwide

A few

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Year of info

2007

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Location description

Tchollire, Mayo-Rey Division, North Province, Cameroon

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Tchollire, Mayo-Rey Division, North Province, Cameroon

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

5

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Year of info

2010

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Coordinates

8.399,14.1641

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

3

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Semi-speakers

2

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Elder Speakers

3

Ethnic Population

50

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Year of info

2002

Location and Context

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Tcholliré village

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None

Speakers' attitudes

Positive among older adults, negative among younger people

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None

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Other languages used

Fufulde, French

Domains of other languages

Fufulde in markets; French in schools

More on context

"Adults speak Fufulde almost exclusively. Except for the few who speak the mother tongue, older adults primarily speak Fulfulde. The younger people, according to those interviewed, are favoring French over Fulfulde, since French is the language of education. [...] Every one of the adults interviewed said that they are proud of their language and would like the younger people to speak it. The younger people, however, are ashamed to speak the language of their ethnic group."

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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
    Bruce Connell. 2007. "Endangered Languages in Central Africa." In Language Diversity Endangered, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 163-178. Mouton de Gruyter.
  3. Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai, and Oblo
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    http://www.sil.org/silesr/2002/SILESR2002-048.pdf
  4. Africa
    Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.
  5. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  6. A survey on language death in Africa
    Gabriele Sommer. 1992. "A Survey On Language Death in Africa." In Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 402. Mouton de Gruyter.
  7. Sociolinguistic language survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo
    Ayotte, Charlene and Michael Ayotte. 2002. "Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo." In SIL Electronic Survey Reports, 2002-048: Online: http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-048.
    http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2002-048
  8. Étude Comparative dans le groupe Adamawa
    Boyd, Raymond. 1974. "Étude Comparative Dans Le Groupe Adamawa." 46: Paris: Centre National de la Récherche Sciéntifique.
  9. Note sur la langue Galke ^n
    Lacroix, P. F. 1962. "Note Sur La Langue Galke ." In Journal of African Languages, 1 , no. 2: 94-121.
  10. Classificate der talen van Ubangi
    Mortier, Rodolf. 1941. "Classificate Der Talen Van Ubangi." In Aequatoria, 4: 1-8.