Endangered Languages Project

CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		fah
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Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
"A few"
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The first edition of the Index of Nigerian Languages listed [Fali of Baissa] as extinct... Further investigations have established the status of [Fali of Baissa]: Spoken by a few individuals on the Falinga Plateau in southern Taraba State."

		December	3		2012	An Atlas of Nigerian Languages		111								Kay Williamson Educational Foundation				http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%20of%20Nigerian%20Languages-%20ed%20III.pdf	Roger Blench	Roger Blench. 2012. "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages." The latest version of the Index of Nigerian Languages. 3rd. Edition. Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%20of%20Nigerian%20Languages-%20ed%20III.pdf						"A few"		1-9	"The first edition of the Index of Nigerian Languages listed [Fali of Baissa] as extinct... Further investigations have established the status of [Fali of Baissa]: Spoken by a few individuals on the Falinga Plateau in southern Taraba State."												Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								Nigeria	Falinga Plateau in southern Taraba State	7.228442, 10.623221
			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						1992		Few left (Crozier and Blench 1992)																				Nigeria;	South Taraba state, Falinga Plateau region	7,10

Fali of Baissa