Also Known As:
Bati Ba Ngong, Bati de Brousse
Dialects & Varieties
Bati survey report
Grant, Caroline A. 1992. "Bati Survey Report." 6. Summer Inst. for Linguistics (SIL); Min. of Higher Education, Computer Services and Scientific Research, Cameroon.
Threatened
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~5,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 1
Most members of the community or ethnic group speak the language. Speaker numbers may be decreasing, but very slowly.
1
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 3
Used mainly in the home and/or with family, but remains the primary language of these domains for many community members.
3
Transmission
Transmission -1
All members of the community, including children, speak the language.
-1
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
No results found.
Semi-speakers or rememberers
No results found.
Children:
No results found.
Young adults
No results found.
Older adults
No results found.
Elders
No results found.
Ethnic or community population
~800
Year information was gathered
No results found.
Comments on speakers
No results found.
Location and Context
Countries
Kelleng, Mbougué, Nyambat and Ndokbikim villages in the Ndom Sub-Division, Sanaga-Maritime Division, in the Littoral Province of Cameroon
Location Description
No results found.
Government Support
None
Institutional Support
None
Speakers' Attitude
Positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Basaa, Bakoko, Eton, Yambassa, French
Number of Other Language Speakers:
All
Domains of Other Languages:
School, Church, Marketplace
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
None
Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
"Although respondents expressed a regret that the Bati language has not been written down, and that the Bible is not available in Bati, there seems to be little commitment to try to change this situation."
Recent Resources
The documentation of Bati language and oral traditions aims at creating a repository of language and