Moribund Languages of the Nigeria-Cameroon Borderland
Bruce Connell. 1998. "Moribund Languages of the Nigeria-Cameroon Borderland." In Endangered Languages in Africa, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 207-225. Köppe Verlag.
Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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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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Older 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
"The Njerep speakers and their children listed Mvop, the Mambila lect (also called Ba) of the surrounding community, as the language of daily use, both inside and outside the home. Most also know some Fulfulde, and the younger ones (i.e. those who have been to school) also have some command of French, though use of these two languages is generally restricted to specific situations. Other languages, particularly the Mambila lect of Mbar, spoken mainly at Mbar on the Mambila plateau, are also spoken in the hamlet of Mvamngo"
Location and Context
Countries
Cameroon
Location Description
"Njerep is, or was, most recently spoken in the Ba Mambila Village of Somié... They [the Njerep] are immigrants to their present location."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Mvop (Mambila), Fulfulde, French, Mbar (Mambila)
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
Most situations
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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