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Discourses of speakerhood in Iyasa: Linguistic identity and authenticity in an endangered language
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

<3,000

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Speaker Number Trends

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Child speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

Some sources approximate roughly 3,000 speakers, though many Iyasa people consider this an overestimation.

Year of info

2018

Location and Context

Countries

Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea;

Coordinates

2.377154, 9.829789

Location description

"Spoken along a stretch of coast which straddles the border between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea... Iyasa speakers in Cameroon are concentrated in Campo Sub-Division, Ocean Division, South Region. In addition, there are Iyasa diaspora populations in Yaoundé and Douala (Cameroon’s two largest cities), as well as Kribi (the largest city in the South Region), and a handful living overseas." Villages where Iyasa is spoken in Cameroon include Campo Beach, Campo Ville, Ipenyenje, Bouanjo, Itonde Mer, Bɛ́yɔ, Mbenji, Ebodje, and Lolabe.

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

Roman

Other writing systems

"Spoken along a stretch of coast which straddles the border between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea... Iyasa speakers in Cameroon are concentrated in Campo Sub-Division, Ocean Division, South Region. In addition, there are Iyasa diaspora populations in Yaoundé and Douala (Cameroon’s two largest cities), as well as Kribi (the largest city in the South Region), and a handful living overseas." Villages where Iyasa is spoken in Cameroon include Campo Beach, Campo Ville, Ipenyenje, Bouanjo, Itonde Mer, Bɛ́yɔ, Mbenji, Ebodje, and Lolabe.

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Other languages used

French

Domains of other languages

School, home, friends, community associations, market, work

More on context

"Young people who still have proficiency in Iyasa self-report increasing use of French in all domains, typical of a generational shift in progress... use of French is increasing in domains previously occupied by Iyasa, such as the home and community associations."

Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,488 in Cameroon

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2011

Location and Context

Countries

Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon;

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Location description

"La communauté Yasa - environ un millier de personnes au Cameroun sur le littoral de l'arr. de Campo, dép. de l'Océan (Région du Sud) - est aussi implantée de l'autre cȏté de l'embouchure du Ntem, en Guinée Equatoriale et au Gabon."

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"La communauté Yasa - environ un millier de personnes au Cameroun sur le littoral de l'arr. de Campo, dép. de l'Océan (Région du Sud) - est aussi implantée de l'autre cȏté de l'embouchure du Ntem, en Guinée Equatoriale et au Gabon."

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

2.3284, 9.8464

Location description

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

2,401

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,500

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2007

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~3,000

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

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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

3,000

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2004

Location and Context

Countries

Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea

Coordinates

2.360363, 9.843355‎

Location description

"Le yasa est parlé en Guinée Equatoriale et au Cameroun... La langue yasa est parlée au Cameroun dans le département de l’Océan, plus précisément dans l’unité administrative de Campo. Aujourd'hui, les 3000 âmes que compte la communauté Yasa occupent la zone du littoral camerounais qui s'étend de Lolabé (31 km de Kribi) au village Campo Reach situé sur l'embouchure du Ntem."

Government support

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None

Other writing systems

"Le yasa est parlé en Guinée Equatoriale et au Cameroun... La langue yasa est parlée au Cameroun dans le département de l’Océan, plus précisément dans l’unité administrative de Campo. Aujourd'hui, les 3000 âmes que compte la communauté Yasa occupent la zone du littoral camerounais qui s'étend de Lolabé (31 km de Kribi) au village Campo Reach situé sur l'embouchure du Ntem."

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