Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Fagnia, Fanya, Fanyan, Fana, Fania, Fanian, Mana, Kobe, Fulfulde (Nigerian), Eywe
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Volta-Congo, Adamawa, Bua
ORTHOGRAPHY		none
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3; Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		fni; fani1244
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Northern Fania Southern Fania
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Kulaale (Chad) - Language Snapshot” . Florian Lionnet (2020) , Peter K. Austin · ELPublishing

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,100 (Eberhard et al., 1997), and 'severely endangered' (Moseley, 2010)
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
The speech community is scattered in small, distant villages in a severely underdeveloped region of Chad (Lionnet, 2020).

DATE OF INFO: 1997

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Intergenerational transmission occurs in villages, but not in urban areas where the majority of Kulaawe live.

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

The Kulaawe in Tile Nougar don't have a negative attitude toward Kulaale, but they favor cultural assimilation to modern Chadian society.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

none

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Sar
Chadian Arabic
French

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Massive emigration has caused language shift.

Scripts (Writing system)

none

PLACES: Spoken in the southernmost part of the Guéra region of Chad in a dozen villages including Manakundju, Ataway, Tile Nougar, Timan, Sisi, Rim, Kani, Komi, Karo

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,100
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1997

PLACES: Chad

			3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger						UNESCO Publishing			Paris					http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub					1,100	1997	1000-9999													Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								Chad		10.0581,18.3993
ISSN: 1740-6234	Language Snapshots	July			2020	Kulaale (Chad) - Language Snapshot				Peter K. Austin		ELPublishing	Language Documentation and Description							http://www.elpublishing.org/docs/1/17/ldd17_10.pdf	Florian Lionnet	Lionnet, Florian. 2020. Kulaale (Chad) – Language Snapshot. In Peter K. Austin (ed.) Language Documentation and Description 17, 126-133. London: EL Publishing. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/188						1,100 (Eberhard et al., 1997), and 'severely endangered' (Moseley, 2010)	1997	1000-9999	The speech community is scattered in small, distant villages in a severely underdeveloped region of Chad (Lionnet, 2020).					Sar, Chadian Arabic, French		none	The Kulaawe in Tile Nougar don't have a negative attitude toward Kulaale, but they favor cultural assimilation to modern Chadian society.	Massive emigration has caused language shift.			Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	13		Intergenerational transmission occurs in villages, but not in urban areas where the majority of Kulaawe live.	14	12			Spoken in the southernmost part of the Guéra region of Chad in a dozen villages including Manakundju, Ataway, Tile Nougar, Timan, Sisi, Rim, Kani, Komi, Karo		10.176552,18.566710

Kulaale

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,100 (Eberhard et al., 1997), and 'severely endangered' (Moseley, 2010)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,100

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