Dama
Clasificación: Niger-Congo
·en peligro crítico de extinción
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En peligro crítico de extinción
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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50
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500
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50
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"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."
- FECHA DE INFORMACIÓN
- 2001
- DOMINIOS DE USO
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- TENDENCIAS DE HABLANTES
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- TRANSMISIÓN
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- ACTITUD DEL HABLANTE
- Mixed
- OTRAS LENGUAS UTILIZADAS POR LA COMUNIDAD
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Fufulde
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French
- COMENTARIOS SOBRE CONTEXTO DE LA LENGUA
"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."
- Alfabetos, sistemas de escritura y ortografías
- None
- LUGARES
- Cameroon
- DESCRIPCIÓN DE LA UBICACIÓN
"Rey-Bouba and Tcholliré Subdivisions, Mayo Rey Division, North Province, Cameroon... The Dama hail from the area south of the Mayo Rey River."