Mono_language_(Cameroon)

Mono language (Cameroon)

Mono language (Cameroon)

Moribund Mbum language in northern Cameroon

For other uses, see Mono language.

Mono is a moribund Mbum language spoken by older adults in northern Cameroon.

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Dama, a closely related variety that may have been a dialect of Mono, is already extinct. It was located in the arrondissement of Rey Bouba (Mayo-Rey department, North Region).[3]

Distribution

Mono is spoken north of Rey Bouba, around Kongrong, and along the Mayo-Godi River (Rey Bouba commune, Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region).[3]

Spoken by 1,100 speakers, Mono is in decline as speakers are shifting to Fulfulde.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Mono at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Dama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [2]
    Endangered Languages Project data for Dama.
  3. [3]
    Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.


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