Mono language (Cameroon)
| Mono | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | 500 Dama |
Native speakers | 300 Mono (2001)[1] 50 Dama (2002)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mru – Monodmm – Dama |
| Glottolog | mono1269 Monodama1267 Dama |
| ELP | Mono (Cameroon) |
| Dama[2] | |
Mono is a moribund Mbum language spoken by older adults in northern Cameroon.
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
- ^ a b Mono at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Dama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Dama.
- ^ a b c 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.
- Blench, Roger and Stefan Elders. A wordlist of Mono, a highly endangered Adamawa language of Cameroun.