Informations incomplètes “Sociolinguistic Survey of the Pongu People” . Stephen Dettweiler and Sonia Dettweiler (2002)
Vulnérable
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>20,000
DATE OF INFO
1992
TRANSMISSION
MORE ON VITALITY
"We did not meet anyone who is ethnically Pongu but does not use Pongu as his mother tongue."
ATTITUDE DES LOCUTEURS
Positive
SOUTIEN INSTITUTIONNEL
Radio Niger has a “request” program in the Pongu language three times a week.
AUTRES LANGUES PARLÉES PAR LA COMMUNAUTÉ
Hausa
English
COMMENTAIRES SUR LE CONTEXTE DE LA LANGUE
"The Pongu display a strong interest in maintaining their own language and culture. "
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Gumna District and Tegina District
Informations incomplètes “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Vulnérable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2003).
PLACES
Nigeria; Burkina Faso;
Informations incomplètes “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Menacée
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,800
Informations incomplètes “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press