Also Known As:
Jeli Kuo, Celle, Jeri, Jeri.kuo
Dialects & Varieties
Language shift and language death among Mande blacksmiths and leatherworkers in the diaspora
Kastenholz, Raimund. 1998. "Language Shift and Language Death Among Mande Blacksmiths and Leatherworkers in the Diaspora." In Endangered languages in Africa, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 253-266. Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~1,500
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
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Transmission
Transmission 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
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Speakers
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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
~20,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"The Jeri as a whole are either (at least) bilingual in Jeri.kuo and a dominant language [Sienare or Manding], with an observable tendency for language shift, or have already completed the process of shift and abandoned Jeri.kuo... it is explicitly argued that the new language (Manding) 'is better for the young ones', or will 'give them an advantage.'"
Location and Context
Countries
Côte d'Ivoire
Location Description
"The totality of the Jeri live as a minority in distinct wards of Sienare villages [around Korhogo, Ivory Coast]."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Manding, Sienare
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
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