Endangered Languages Project - Mbongno

Mbongno

^{[aka Bungnu, Bunu, Bungun]}

Classification: Niger-Congo

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Bungnu, Bunu, Bungun, Gbunhu, Kakaba, Kamkam, Mbogno
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Northern Bantoid
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bgu
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

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
3,000 in Nigeria.

Data for the number of native speakers comes from Blench and Connell (1999).

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"800 (1952 W&B); 3000 est. Blench and Connell (1999)"

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Taraba State, Sardauna LGA, Kakara town."

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2000

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The language "fulfills all the daily needs of its speakers at the village level."

PLACES: Nigeria

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

6.766898,11.060379

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Information from: “An introduction to the Mambiloid languages” (79-92) . Connell, Bruce A. (2001) , Mutaka, Ngessimo M. and Chumbow, Beban Sammy · Rüdiger Köppe Verlag