Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Budik, Bedik, Tandanke, Tendanke, Tenda, Bande, Basari du Bandemba, Menik
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Atlantic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		tnr
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Preferred name for language may actually be Menik (Sall, Documentation of Bedik Project)

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Information from: “"Documentation of Bedik" HRELP Abstract” . Sall, Adjaratou (2008)

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3500

PLACES: Eastern Senegal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Mountains of eastern Senegal

Ethnic population
3000

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"The Bédik language is called Menik. Although it is still spoken by the community, it’s a highly endangered language; Bediks often express themselves in in Pulaar, their adoptive language and French the school language."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Pulaar
French

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Mainly in the region of Kedougou, Senegal Oriental and another community living in the neighboring region of Tambacounda. However, it is worth noting the presence of some Bédiks in the city of Mbour and Dakar."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Senegal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Southeastern Senegal

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,375
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,375
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,380
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2002

PLACES: Senegal;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-5,000
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

"Seriously threatened and doomed to extinction in the near future."

		2010	Documentation of Bedik Project								Institut Dondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN)	Université Cheikh Anta DIOP de Dakar	http://www.bedik-ifan.net/	Adjaratou Sall	Adjaratou Sall. 2010. "Documentation of Bedik Project." Online: http://www.bedik-ifan.net/.		3000				Pulaar, French		"The Bédik language is called Menik. Although it is still spoken by the community, it’s a highly endangered language; Bediks often express themselves in in Pulaar, their adoptive language and French the school language."		"Mainly in the region of Kedougou, Senegal Oriental and another community living in the neighboring region of Tambacounda. However, it is worth noting the presence of some Bédiks in the city of Mbour and Dakar."
		2007	A Survey of the Tenda Languages in SE Senegal					SIL Electronic Survey Reports	2007-011				http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2007-011	Susan Goddard Jenkins and JoLynn Eller Amdahl	Jenkins, Susan Goddard and JoLynn Eller Amdahl. 2007. "A Survey of the Tenda Languages in SE Senegal." In SIL Electronic Survey Reports, 2007-011: Online: http://www.sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2007-011.	HHOLD				1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX			http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		3,380	2002	1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Senegal;
	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		3,375		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				12.7528,-12.2717
			World Oral Literature Project										http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			3,375		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		2008	"Documentation of Bedik" HRELP Abstract										http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=152	Sall, Adjaratou	Sall, Adjaratou. 2008. ""Documentation of Bedik" HRELP Abstract." Online: http://www.hrelp.org/grants/projects/index.php?projid=152.		3500			1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Eastern Senegal	Mountains of eastern Senegal
Contributions to the sociology of language, #64		1992	A survey on language death in Africa	Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa	402	Brenzinger, Matthias	Mouton de Gruyter			Berlin & New York				Sommer, Gabriele	Gabriele Sommer. 1992. "A Survey On Language Death in Africa." In Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 402. Mouton de Gruyter.	EBALL		1000		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Senegal	Southeastern Senegal
		2006	Language Endangerment in West Africa: Its Victims and Causes	The Joy of Language: Proceedings of a symposium honoring the colleagues of David Dwyer on the occasion of his retirement								Michigan State University	https://www.msu.edu/~dwyer/16-Childs.doc	G. Tucker Childs	G. Tucker Childs. 2006. "Language Endangerment in West Africa: Its Victims and Causes." In The Joy of Language: Proceedings of a symposium honoring the colleagues of David Dwyer on the occasion of his retirement, Online: https://www.msu.edu/~dwyer/16-Childs.doc.			1,000-5,000		1000-9999		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Seriously threatened and doomed to extinction in the near future."

Ménik

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-9,999

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,375

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,375

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-9,999

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,380

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-5,000

Discussion

Ménik

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-9,999

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,375

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,375

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-9,999

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3,380

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-5,000

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