Also Known As:
Jinkum, Jukon, Juku, Juku Junkun, Jukum, Jukun Wapan, Jukun Wukari, Wakari, Wukari, Wukari Jukun
Dialects & Varieties
- Wukan
Report of the Wukari Jukun Literacy Survey Team
Evenhouse, W. and H. Kiekover, 1968(?). Report of the Wukari Jukun Literacy Survey Team
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~57,354
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Comments on speakers
"We shall use the term Wapan to refer to the language itself. This is the term the Wukari Jukun themselves use for their language... Though many subjects use Hausa when speaking to non-Jukun, none interviewed use Hausa in their home compounds. For the Jukun people generally, Wapan is the only language which encompasses all aspects of their daily lives... Very few people know Hausa completely, and that less Hausa is known in those areas furthest from Wukari and off main roads... Further into the bush the level drops appreciably, so that complete communication by means of Hausa becomes very unlikely indeed."
Location and Context
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Speakers' Attitude
"A large majority of those that were interviewed favor literacy in Wapan over any other language. Again and again the reason given is 'It's my language,' or 'I'll understand it better,' or both of these. The occasional person who favors Hausa over Wapan is a person who knows Hausa well; he values Hausa because it reaches beyond his area... This, however, is decidedly not the view of the average Wukari Jukun person. He sees Wapan as the language of his people and 'his compound, and he believes he will be able to read and understand best in Wapan..."
Other Languages Used By The Community
Hausa
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
A collection of materials on Jukun languages from William Welmers, Margret Dykstra and Robert Koops