• Endangered

  100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 20,000

  Native speakers worldwide
• Ethnic population

  39,000

• CHILDREN

  5,000

• YOUNG ADULTS

  10,000

• OLDER ADULTS

  7,000

• ELDERS

  3,000

• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  Only about 50% of the total population understand and speak Babanki.

DATE OF INFO

2011

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Speakers possess a wide range of attitudes toward Babanki. Some people have positive feelings, others are neutral and others have negative attitudes. Not many people think the language should be developed and/or preserved since it’s not an essential language of trade or education.

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT

None

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Some support from the Ga'a Kejom Development Committee

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Cameroon Pidgin English

• English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

Nearly everyone speaks Cameroon Pidgin English. It is common even between parents and children at home and English is the language of instruction in schools in the community. French is also used by a few people.

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin-based script

Competing Orthographies

None

PLACES

Kejom Ketinguh and Kejom Keku villages, Tubah Subdivision, Northwest Region, Cameroon