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ALSO KNOWN AS		Guang, Dumpo, Ndmpo
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Kwa
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		doy
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Information from: “Recent fieldwork in Ghana: Report on Dompo and a note on Mpre” (14-15) . Roger M. Blench (1999)

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60-70
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1998

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"Dompo is spoken by ten households, all of whom are also fluent in Nafaanra. All members of these households seem to have some command of the
language, but whether it will be transmitted to the next generation in more than an attenuated form is open to doubt. Nonetheless, there is no evidence that it has ever been spoken by many people and bilingualism in Nafaanra must long have been a feature of the community. There are presently some 60-70 people with some command of the language and perhaps 10 who can recall obscure lexical items."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Nafaanra

PLACES: Ghana

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The Dompo live in a settlement adjacent to the main town of the Nafaanra people, Banda, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana [...] Banda is reached from Wenchi by going northwards from the main road to Bondoukou in Cote d'Ivoire and is still south of the Black Volta."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
65
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
965

DATE OF INFO: 1999

PLACES: Ghana;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
65
Native speakers worldwide

		World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			65		10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	1999	Recent fieldwork in Ghana: Report on Dompo and a note on Mpre	14-15			Ogmios	11		http://www.ogmios.org/ogmios/Ogmios_011.pdf	Roger M. Blench	Roger M. Blench. 1999. "Recent Fieldwork in Ghana: Report On Dompo and a Note On Mpre." In Ogmios, 11: 14-15. Online: http://www.ogmios.org/ogmios/Ogmios_011.pdf.	HHOLD		60-70	1998	10-99	Nafaanra	All	Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Dompo is spoken by ten households, all of whom are also fluent in Nafaanra. All members of these households seem to have some command of the language, but whether it will be transmitted to the next generation in more than an attenuated form is open to doubt. Nonetheless, there is no evidence that it has ever been spoken by many people and bilingualism in Nafaanra must long have been a feature of the community. There are presently some 60-70 people with some command of the language and perhaps 10 who can recall obscure lexical items."	Ghana	"The Dompo live in a settlement adjacent to the main town of the Nafaanra people, Banda, Brong-Ahafo Region, Ghana [...] Banda is reached from Wenchi by going northwards from the main road to Bondoukou in Cote d'Ivoire and is still south of the Black Volta."	8.150236,-2.363097
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	965	65	1999	10-99			Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Ghana;

Dompo

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Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60-70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

65

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

65

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Dompo

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60-70

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

65

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

65

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