Also Known As:
Alagwaisi, Alagwase, Alawa, Chasi, Asi, Wasi, Kialagwa, Wasai, Uwassi
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
The wikipedia page for the Alagwa language. Scant but includes a short description on grammar.
Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
Gabriele Sommer. 1992. "A Survey On Language Death in Africa." In Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 402. Mouton de Gruyter.
Bibliography of Context:
Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.