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CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Volta-Congo, Adamawa
ORTHOGRAPHY		None
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dmm
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Information from: “Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai, and Oblo” . Michael Ayotte and Charlene Ayotte (2002)

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
500
ELDERS
50
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"About fifty Dama persons still speak their mother tongue, all of them over the age of 60. All are friends who speak Dama with one another in casual encounters and at local council meetings."

DATE OF INFO: 2001

DOMAINS OF USE
SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
SPEAKER ATTITUDE: Mixed
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: "Adults speak Fulfulde almost exclusively. Except for the few who speak the mother tongue, older adults primarily speak Fulfulde. The younger people, according to those interviewed, are favoring French over Fulfulde, since French is the language of education... Younger Dama are ashamed of their language, and they no longer learn to speak the language."
Scripts (Writing system): None

PLACES: Cameroon

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Rey-Bouba and Tcholliré Subdivisions, Mayo Rey Division, North Province, Cameroon... The Dama hail from the area south of the Mayo Rey River."

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Cameroon;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
50
Native speakers worldwide

		World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			50		10-99								Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
	2002	Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai, and Oblo		Online report			SIL International	http://www.sil.org/silesr/2002/SILESR2002-048.pdf	Michael Ayotte and Charlene Ayotte	Ayotte, Michael and Charlene Ayotte. 2002. "Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai, and Oblo." Online: http://www.sil.org/silesr/2002/SILESR2002-048.pdf.		500	50	2001	10-99	"About fifty Dama persons still speak their mother tongue, all of them over the age of 60. All are friends who speak Dama with one another in casual encounters and at local council meetings."	50	Market, school	Fufulde, French	Mixed	"Adults speak Fulfulde almost exclusively. Except for the few who speak the mother tongue, older adults primarily speak Fulfulde. The younger people, according to those interviewed, are favoring French over Fulfulde, since French is the language of education... Younger Dama are ashamed of their language, and they no longer learn to speak the language."	All	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	13	15	Cameroon	"Rey-Bouba and Tcholliré Subdivisions, Mayo Rey Division, North Province, Cameroon... The Dama hail from the area south of the Mayo Rey River."	8.625830, 14.198258
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		50		10-99								Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Cameroon;

Dama

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Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

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Dama

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Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

50

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