Also Known As:
Njang, Njanga
Dialects & Varieties
Moribund Languages of the Nigeria-Cameroon Borderland
Bruce Connell. 1998. "Moribund Languages of the Nigeria-Cameroon Borderland." In Endangered Languages in Africa, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 207-225. Köppe Verlag.
Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
2
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
5
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"[Njanga] is considered to be a dialect of Kwanja... The Njanga have increasingly intermarried with the Sundani, another Kwanja group, and their dialect of Kwanja is the one now used almost exclusively in the village. A small and decreasing population, together with (or resulting in) the increasing intermarriage with Sundani has apparently been the primary factor in the decline of this language."
Location and Context
Countries
Cameroon
Location Description
"Nigeria-Cameroon borderland: Mambila region... Njanga is spoken only in the village of Mbondjanga."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Sundani Kwanja
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Almost all
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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