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Alias		Bumbong, Kalong, Kaalong, Lakaalong, Mbong, Lambong, Bape, Palong
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Southern Bantoid
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		dii
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche

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Informationen von: “Dimbong survey report” . Boone, Douglas W. (1992)

Bedroht

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<150
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
<200
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
"According to the village chiefs, the present resident population is less than 200 persons, about one hundred in Dii and forty in Mbong... the total number of speakers of Dimbong is fewer than three hundred persons, and many of the young people have left for the cities, or even for other countries. There are now fewer than 150 resident speakers (in two villages)."

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1992

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

"Children use Dimbong in play, and it is said that the young people do speak the language correctly. In the group interview at Dii, it was reported that even children born outside the area to parents from Dii could speak the mother tongue."

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Balom
Bape
Bafia
Nigi
Cameroonian Pidgin English
Duala
Ewondo
French

ORTE: Cameroon

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: "Centre Province of Cameroon, Mbam Division, Bafia Sub-Division. It is spoken in the Mbong quarter of the village of Kalong and in the village of Dii in the Yambeta canton."

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
140
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
50,000

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1992

ORTE: Cameroon;

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Two villages, Mbong and Dii, in the Canton Yambetta.

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
140
Muttersprachler weltweit

50-50000
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
50000
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
Different speaker number counts cited range from "a handful of people" (Guthrie 1953) to circa 50 (Bryan 1959: 13) to an estimated 50000 (Welmers 1971: 816) ("which might be the total number of people belonging to the ethnic group").

ORTE: Cameroon

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: "on the south bank of the River Mbam just below its confluence with the River Noun"

ORTE: Nguti, (West) Cameroun

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
140
Muttersprachler weltweit

		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	50,000	140	1992	100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Cameroon;
		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		140		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					4.7078,10.6567
			1973	Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist				University of Ibadan, Nigeria: West African Linguistic Society	II					Kay Williamson	Kay Williamson. 1973. "Benue-Congo Comparative Wordlist." II: University of Ibadan, Nigeria: West African Linguistic Society.	HHOLD												Nguti, (West) Cameroun		5.337114,9.420347
				World Oral Literature Project									http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			140		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	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	50000	50-50000			Different speaker number counts cited range from "a handful of people" (Guthrie 1953) to circa 50 (Bryan 1959: 13) to an estimated 50000 (Welmers 1971: 816) ("which might be the total number of people belonging to the ethnic group").							Cameroon	"on the south bank of the River Mbam just below its confluence with the River Noun"
			1992	Dimbong survey report							SIL Cameroon		http://www.silcam.org/languages/languagepage.php?languageid=82	Boone, Douglas W.	Douglas W. Boone. 1992. "Dimbong Survey Report." Online: http://www.silcam.org/languages/languagepage.php?languageid=82.	EBALL	<200	<150	1992	100-999	"According to the village chiefs, the present resident population is less than 200 persons, about one hundred in Dii and forty in Mbong... the total number of speakers of Dimbong is fewer than three hundred persons, and many of the young people have left for the cities, or even for other countries. There are now fewer than 150 resident speakers (in two villages)."	French in schools and churches	Balom, Bape, Bafia, Nigi, Cameroonian Pidgin English, Duala, Ewondo, French	Almost all	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	"Children use Dimbong in play, and it is said that the young people do speak the language correctly. In the group interview at Dii, it was reported that even children born outside the area to parents from Dii could speak the mother tongue."	Cameroon	"Centre Province of Cameroon, Mbam Division, Bafia Sub-Division. It is spoken in the Mbong quarter of the village of Kalong and in the village of Dii in the Yambeta canton."	4.85,11.1166667
9780700711970			2007	Africa	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages		Christopher Moseley	Routledge				7		Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz	Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.														Two villages, Mbong and Dii, in the Canton Yambetta.

Dimbong

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Bedroht

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<150

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

50-50000

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

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Sprachdokumentationsforum

Bedroht

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<150

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

50-50000

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

140

Diskussion

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