"At present, Kwarandzyey is endangered. All Belbali men, and most women, speak dialectal Arabic [...] Most speakers claim to speak only
Arabic to their young children, and in Ifrənyu people in their twenties can be found who have only a very limited passive knowledge of Kwarandzyey. The djemaa (council of elders) of Ifrənyu collectively resolved to give up Kwarandzyey in the 1970s, hoping to
improve their children's educational chances by making sure they knew Arabic from the start (Tabelbala has had a government school since just before independence); the people of Kwara (Zaouia) followed suit in the 1980s. Nonetheless, Kwara's children
have continued to acquire Kwarandzyey in their early teens from older teenagers."

"Endangered; most parents no longer speak the language to their children, choosing instead to use Arabic. It is still spoken, however, by all native Belbalis (inhabitants of Tabelbala) over the age of 35 and by most over the age of 15. Children often learn the language from their older friends."

"Daß das K. kein hohes Prestige genießt, ist, in einer arabischen Umwelt, wohl vorstellbar. Einerseits ein als Sprache des Koran sakralisiertes Arabisch mit einer langen und reichen Traditions- und Kulturgeschichte, das von Millionen Menschen gesprochen wird, und andererseits das K., eine kleine unbedeutende 'Sprache der Jnūn' (Sprache der Teufel), wie manche Nicht-Belbali sie nennen... und die den Muttersprachlern als nicht geeignet erscheint, technische oder wissenschaftliche Sachverhalte wiederzugeben."