Endangered Languages Project - Centúúm

Centúúm

^{[aka Cen Tuum, Jalaa]}

Classification: Isolate

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Cen Tuum, Jalaa
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, African
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cet
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “An Atlas of Nigerian Languages” . Roger Blench (2011) Mallam Dendo

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10-99
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"A small number of old people among the Dijim speak this language"

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Gombe State, Nigeria

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Balanga LGA, Gombe State. Cham town."

Endangered

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

DATE OF INFO: 1992

PLACES: Nigeria;

Endangered

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

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~20
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
0
ELDERS
20
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"The Jalaa no longer exist as a distinct ethnic group. Jalaa is a language spoken by perhaps twenty elderly individuals among the Cham people of northeast Nigeria (Kleinwillinghöfer)."

TRANSMISSION

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

9.889040, 11.751045

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Information from: “An Atlas of Nigerian Languages” . Roger Blench (2011) Mallam Dendo