Endangered Languages Project

ALSO KNOWN AS		Kotoko-Kuseri, Kuseri, Kouseri, Kousseri, Mandage, Klesem, Mandague, Mendage
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		kqx
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kalo Kabe Houlouf Mser Gawi
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
500 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). Data for the number of native speakers comes from Tourneux (2004).

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

MORE ON VITALITY

In rapid decline (Tourneux 2004).

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

The people of Klesem village no longer speak Mser. Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu] or Kanuri [knc].

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Far North Province, Logone-and-Chari Division, Kousseri Subdivision [in Cameroon]; Town of N’Djaména, Cameroon border near N’Djaména [in Chad]

			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		500	100-999				Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
9780700711970		2007	Africa	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	Christopher Moseley	Routledge		7		Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz	Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.		~2,100	1000-9999		Shuwa Arabic		Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Cameroon, Chad
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)		M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	500	100-999	500 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). Data for the number of native speakers comes from Tourneux (2004).	Chadian Spoken Arabic, Kanuri	The people of Klesem village no longer speak Mser. Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu] or Kanuri [knc].	Severely Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	In rapid decline (Tourneux 2004).	15	Chad; Cameroon;	Far North Province, Logone-and-Chari Division, Kousseri Subdivision [in Cameroon]; Town of N’Djaména, Cameroon border near N’Djaména [in Chad]	12.100424, 15.026155;12.110830, 15.035425

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