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ALSO KNOWN AS		Afakani
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Ijoid
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		afn
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Information from: “Defaka & Nkoroo Description & Documentation” . Akinbiyi Akinlabi and Bruce Connell and Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele (2011)

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<200
Native speakers worldwide

DOMAINS OF USE

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"The small number of Defaka speakers, and the dominance of other languages in the area, puts the Defaka language in extreme risk of extinction. Within the Defaka communities, Nkoroo is the dominant language. All Defaka people use Nkoroo on an everyday basis, which is an alarming sign of Defaka being lost completely."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Nkoroo

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Those [speakers] in direct contact with Nkoroo are losing their language"

~200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Speaker number: "ca. 200 [n.b. competence levels vary]"

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Rivers State, Bonny LGA, ward of Nkọrọ town and Ịwọma Nkọrọ."

Endangered

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

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Nkoroo town, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2001

PLACES: Nigeria

9783110170498	Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs		2007	Endangered Languages in West Africa	Language Diversity Endangered	140-162	Matthias Brenzinger	Mouton de Gruyter	Berlin	7		Roger Blench	Blench, R. (2007). Endangered Languages in West Africa. In M. Brenzinger (Ed.), Language Diversity Endangered, 140-162. Mouton de Gruyter.		~200		100-999	"Those [speakers] in direct contact with Nkoroo are losing their language"			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
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.													4.58333333333,7.5
		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	200	2001	100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Nigeria
			2011	Defaka & Nkoroo Description & Documentation							http://defaka.rutgers.edu/project.html	Akinbiyi Akinlabi and Bruce Connell and Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele	Akinbiyi Akinlabi, Bruce Connell and Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele. 2011. "Defaka & Nkoroo Description & Documentation." Online: http://defaka.rutgers.edu/project.html.		<200		100-999		Nkoroo	All	Severely Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"The small number of Defaka speakers, and the dominance of other languages in the area, puts the Defaka language in extreme risk of extinction. Within the Defaka communities, Nkoroo is the dominant language. All Defaka people use Nkoroo on an everyday basis, which is an alarming sign of Defaka being lost completely."	14
		3	2011	An Atlas of Nigerian Languages				Mallam Dendo	Cambridge		http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%%20of%%20Nigerian%%20Languages-%%20ed%%20III.pdf	Roger Blench	Roger Blench. 2011. "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages." Mallam Dendo. Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%%20of%%20Nigerian%%20Languages-%%20ed%%20III.pdf.	HHOLD	~200			Speaker number: "ca. 200 [n.b. competence levels vary]"	Nkọrọọ						"Rivers State, Bonny LGA, ward of Nkọrọ town and Ịwọma Nkọrọ."
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.		<1,000		100-999		Nkoroo, Igbo, Obolo, Kana		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Nkoroo town, Niger Delta, Nigeria

Defaka

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Language information by source

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~200

~200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<1,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

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Defaka

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~200

~200

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<1,000

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

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