Also Known As:
Ji, Bu
Dialects & Varieties
- Mundabli
- Mufu
A rapid appraisal survey of western Beboid languages (Menchum Division, Northwest Province)
Hamm, Cameron, and Diller, Jason and Jordan-Diller, Kari and a Tiati, Ferdinand Assako. 2001. A rapid appraisal survey of western Beboid languages (Menchum Division, Northwest Province) ALCAM [876, 877, 878, 879]. SIL International. 40pp.
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Mundabli speakers say that Mufu people speak exactly the same as they do while Bu people speak with slight differences. They have MT-MT interaction with both groups. A child of six understands Bu and Mufu... Mundabli people say they understand Missong and Mashi, but they choose to interact in Pidgin... Mundabli express interest in learning to read and write Kom, as doing so would help them in their trade with the Kom people... More than half of the children in every village attend primary school with the exception of Mundabli where very few attend school at all... All villages have a committee for development. Most of the activities of the committee are limited to road building and maintenance as this is such a great need. The committees of Mekaf, Bu, and Mundabli have water development projects and school building projects in addition to road maintenance. The people in general appear self-motivated and willing to work hard for development. Some, of their own accord, even expressed an interest in starting a language committee, although they also said their lack of available funds is a concern."
Location and Context
Countries
Lower Fungom
Location Description
"Zhoa and Furu-Awa Subdivisions of the Menchum Division of the North West Province. The area is known administratively as Lower Fungom."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
Committee for Development
Speakers' Attitude
"Attitudes toward the MT are very positive especially among the adults. Looking at the domains of language use, only the youth of Mundabli, Mbu’, and Mashi speak Pidgin in addition to the MT with friends of the same age group. It may be true that the youth are increasingly accepting Pidgin as a preferred language of communication within Lower Fungom, and other villages could follow this trend... To evaluate the language maintenance or shift of the MT in each village, we examined the peoples’ attitudes toward the MT and their patterns of language use... People in every village are eager to learn to read and write in their MT. When asked the question, 'If your child speaks Pidgin to you, how does it make you
feel?' parents respond that they feel badly."
feel?' parents respond that they feel badly."
Other Languages Used By The Community
Nigerian Pidgin
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
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