Iyasa
[别称 Yasa, Iyassa, Yassa]语系：Niger-Congo
·近危
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近危
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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<3,000
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Some sources approximate roughly 3,000 speakers, though many Iyasa people consider this an overestimation.
- 信息日期
- 2018
- 使用领域
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- 使用者趋势
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- 传承情况
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- 更多关于活力的信息
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"While Iyasa still has many speakers in their 20s, most young Iyasa-speaking parents in the Campo area report that their children have only a passive command of Iyasa. Children in Ebodje generally have active command of Iyasa, but are observed speaking mostly French in daily life. Young parents today report speaking predominantly or exclusively French with their children, whereas their parents spoke mostly Iyasa in the home."
- 该群体使用的其他语言
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French
- 语言环境评论
"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."
- 手写稿、文字系统和正字法
- Roman
- 正字法
New orthography developed since 2015; now in use by a growing number of speakers.
- 地点
- Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea;
- 地点描述
"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.