Endangered Languages Project - Bung

Bung

Classification: Niger-Congo

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Dormant

CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Northern Bantoid
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bqd
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Information from: “Endangered Languages in Central Africa” (163-178) . Bruce Connell (2007) , Matthias Brenzinger · Mouton de Gruyter

Dormant
No known L1 speakers
Native speakers worldwide
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"Remembered best by one non-native speaker"

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1995

PLACES: Cameroon

Dormant
No known L1 speakers
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
3
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"Bung has three people who remember it; the one who apparently knows it best is not a native speaker, though he learned it relatively young."

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"[Bung] is no longer used."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Kwanja
Fulfulde

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"The language spoken at Boung today is the Ndung lect of Kwanja. As elsewhere in the wider region, Fulfulde is also spoken."

PLACES: Cameroon

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "[Bung] was spoken at the village of Boung on the Adamawa plateau; it is not known whether it was ever more widespread."

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