Also Known As:
Zaranda, Zarandaa
Dialects & Varieties
Documenting linguistic varieties of the South-Bauchi group
Bernard Caron. 2009. Documenting linguistic varieties of the South-Bauchi group. Presented in Towards polylectal grammars of African languages International Workshop. Hamburg, Germany, November 27-29.
Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~600
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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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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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
the south of Bauchi State, Nigeria
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Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Hausa
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
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