Endangered Languages Project - Kasanga

Kasanga

^{[aka Cassanga, Kassanga, I-Hadja]}

Classification: Niger-Congo

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Cassanga, Kassanga, I-Hadja, Haal
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Atlantic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ccj
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Africa” ( ch. 7) . Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz (2007) , Christopher Moseley · Routledge

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
a few
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"There may be a few elderly speakers left."

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
690
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2006

PLACES: Guinea-Bissau;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
400-420
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Senegal and Guinea-Bissau; near Felupe. "Welmers (1971) suggests Portuguese Guinea, i.e. Guinea Bissau as area of distribution."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
650
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500-1,000
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

"Seriously threatened and doomed to extinction in the near future."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
650
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

12.2702,-16.1553

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing