Endangered Languages Project - Kobiana

Kobiana

^{[aka Cobiana, Uboi, Buy]}

Classification: Niger-Congo

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endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Cobiana, Uboi, Buy, Guboy
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Atlantic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kcj
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

Endangered

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

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Speakers are bilingual in Mandyak, which appears to have become the dominant first language of the group."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,090
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
690 in Guinea-Bissau (2006). Population total all countries: 1,090. Ethnic population: 690

PLACES: Senegal; Guinea-Bissau;

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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~300
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Guinea Bissau; Senegal

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: near Banyum (in Guinea Bissau)

Endangered

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

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

12.4017,-16.3229

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