Endangered Languages Project - Lafofa

Lafofa

Classification: Niger-Congo

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endangered

CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		laf
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Jebel El Amira Jebel Tekeim Lafofa
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
600
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from M. Brenzinger (2000).

PLACES: Sudan;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,140
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
606-2450
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Lafofa: 501 speakers; Jebel el Amira dialect: 60 speakers; Jebel Tekeim dialect: 45 speakers." or "2000 Lafofa, 250 Jebel el Amira and 200 Jebel Tekeim"

PLACES: Sudan

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Central Eliri range and on two hills to the south and east... in Lafofa village and nearly settlements in central Eliri, and on hills Umm Shatta and Takei."

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
600
Native speakers worldwide

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10.3716,30.6243

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press