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Native Speakers Worldwide

50

Domains of Use

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Language Information By Source

Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai, and Oblo
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

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

50

Ethnic Population

500

Non-monolingual speakers

All

More about speakers

"About fifty Dama persons still speak their mother tongue, all of them over the age of 60. All are friends who speak Dama with one another in casual encounters and at local council meetings."

Year of info

2002

Location and Context

Countries

Cameroon

Coordinates

8.625830, 14.198258

Location description

"Rey-Bouba and Tcholliré Subdivisions, Mayo Rey Division, North Province, Cameroon... The Dama hail from the area south of the Mayo Rey River."

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

Mixed

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

None

Other writing systems

"Rey-Bouba and Tcholliré Subdivisions, Mayo Rey Division, North Province, Cameroon... The Dama hail from the area south of the Mayo Rey River."

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Fufulde, French

Domains of other languages

Market, school

More on context

"Adults speak Fulfulde 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... Younger Dama are ashamed of their language, and they no longer learn to speak the language."

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

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

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Cameroon;

Coordinates

No data

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

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Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

50

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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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

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Government support

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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