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
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
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,000
Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (2003).
PLACES
Nigeria; Burkina Faso;
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
7,800
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press