Iyasa
Yasa; Iyassa; Yassa; Iyaasa; Maasa; Bongwe; "Ndowe";
Niger-Congo; Atlantic-Congo; Benue-Congo; Southern Bantoid
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Some sources approximate roughly 3,000 speakers, though many Iyasa people consider this an overestimation.
2018
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Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea;
2.377154, 9.829789
"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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"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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School, home, friends, community associations, market, work
"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."
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2011
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Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; 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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"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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2010
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2004
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Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea
2.360363, 9.843355
"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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"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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- Coastal Bantu of the Cameroons: the Kpe-Mboko, Duala-Limba and Tanga-Yasa groups of the British and French trusteeship territories of the CameroonsArdener, Edwin W. 1956. "Coastal Bantu of the Cameroons: the Kpe-Mboko, Duala-Limba and Tanga-Yasa Groups of the British and French Trusteeship Territories of the Cameroons." viii, 116. International African Inst. (IAI).
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- Le Syntagme Nominal Du YasaC. L. Bouh Ma Sitna. Le Syntagme Nominal Du Yasa. Master thesis, The University of Yaoundé I, 2004. Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/Bantu/A30/Yasa/yasa_bouh%202004.pdfhttp://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Niger-Congo/Bantu/A30/Yasa/yasa_bouh%202004.pdf
- Atlas of the World’s Languages in DangerMoseley, 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
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