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ALSO KNOWN AS		Pongo, Pangu, Arringeu, Tarya, Ri
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Kainji
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		png
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Ubwebwe Awege Asebi Akwa Cagere Camajere Cansu Caundu Azhiga
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Information from: “Sociolinguistic Survey of the Pongu People” . Stephen Dettweiler and Sonia Dettweiler (2002)

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>20,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1992

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"We did not meet anyone who is ethnically Pongu but does not use Pongu as his mother tongue."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Radio Niger has a “request” program in the Pongu language three times a week.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hausa
English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The Pongu display a strong interest in maintaining their own language and culture. "

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Gumna District and Tegina District

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,800
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2003).

PLACES: Nigeria; Burkina Faso;

	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	7,800		1000-9999								Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					13.165,-3.4277
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures	Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer		Oxford University Press	New York				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																	10.0833333333,6.33333333333
		2002	Sociolinguistic Survey of the Pongu People		Online report			SIL International	http://www.sil.org/silesr/2002/SILESR2002-040.pdf	Stephen Dettweiler and Sonia Dettweiler	Dettweiler, Stephen and Sonia Dettweiler. 2002. "Sociolinguistic Survey of the Pongu People." Online: http://www.sil.org/silesr/2002/SILESR2002-040.pdf.		>20,000	1992	10000-99999		Hausa with non-Pongu people and at market	Hausa, English	Positive	"The Pongu display a strong interest in maintaining their own language and culture. "	Radio Niger has a “request” program in the Pongu language three times a week.	Widespread bilingualism in Hausa	Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10	"We did not meet anyone who is ethnically Pongu but does not use Pongu as his mother tongue."		Gumna District and Tegina District
	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	30,000		10000-99999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2003).							Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Nigeria; Burkina Faso;

Pongu

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Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

>20,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,800

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,000

Discussion

Pongu

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

>20,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

7,800

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

30,000

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