Endangered Languages Project - Wamey

Wamey

^{[aka Wamay, Wamei, Konyagi]}

Classification: Niger-Congo

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Wamay, Wamei, Konyagi, Coniagui, Conhague, Koniagui, Cogniagui, Koniagi, Tenda
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Atlantic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cou
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Language Endangerment in West Africa: Its Victims and Causes” . G. Tucker Childs (2006)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000-25,000
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON VITALITY

"Seriously threatened and doomed to extinction in the near future."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
23,670
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
18,400 in Senegal (2007), population decreasing. 5,270 in Guinea (G. Pruett 2001).

PLACES: Sengal; Guinea;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Senegal: "Southeast and central along Guinea border, pockets, usually beside Pulaar [fuc]." Guinea: "Koundara region and Youkounkoun area, to Senegal border."

Ethnic population
~18,000

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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