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ALSO KNOWN AS		Guruntum-Mbaaru, Gurdung, Tala, Gùrdùŋ, Gùrùntùm
CLASSIFICATION		Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, West Chadic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		grd
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Lungu Gayar Dooka Karakara Gar Jimi Mbaaru Kuuku
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Information from: “A Grammatical Outline of Gùrdùŋ/Gùrùntùm (Southern Bauchi, Nigeria)” . Andrew Haruna (2003) Rüdiger Köppe Verlag

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000-99,999
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~21,200
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"Community Tax Book of 1978/79 estimates the number of Gurdung in the LGA at 10,600 [...] recent research has revealed that the number is twice as many."

MORE ON VITALITY

"Many of the western educated younger generation are becoming language conscious, forming language associations, giving their children Gurdung language names and making conscious efforts to learn and teach their children the language."

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

Fauwala (Gurdung association)

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Hausa
English

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Today, no Gurdung person is monolingual. The older people speak Gurdung, Hausa, and usually at least another third language [...] Nowadays, more and more young people are abandoning the language and are becoming to some extent bilingual in Hausa and English."

PLACES: Nigeria

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "The majority of Gurdung speakers live in several villages in the Paali and Duguri districts of the Alkaaleeri Local Government Area of Bauchi State."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1993

PLACES: Nigeria;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,000
Native speakers worldwide

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"10,000 (1988 Jaggar)"

PLACES: Bauchi State, Nigeria

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Bauchi State, Bauchi and Alkaleri LGAs"

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10,000
Native speakers worldwide

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Nigeria

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Pali and Duguri districts of the Alkaleri Local Government Area in the south-eastern part of Bauchi State, Nigeria."

	16		2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)		M. Paul Lewis	SIL International			Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		15,000	1993	10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Nigeria;
	3		2011	An Atlas of Nigerian Languages			Mallam Dendo			Cambridge	http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%%20of%%20Nigerian%%20Languages-%%20ed%%20III.pdf	Roger Blench	Roger Blench. 2011. "An Atlas of Nigerian Languages." Mallam Dendo. Online: http://www.rogerblench.info/Language/Africa/Nigeria/Atlas%%20of%%20Nigerian%%20Languages-%%20ed%%20III.pdf.	HHOLD		10000		10000-99999	"10,000 (1988 Jaggar)"					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Bauchi State, Nigeria	"Bauchi State, Bauchi and Alkaleri LGAs"
	3rd		2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger			UNESCO Publishing			Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		15,000		10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				9.7415,10.4534
				World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			15,000		10000-99999						Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		2	1988	Guruntum (gùrdùng) (West Chadic-B): Linguistic Notes and Wordlist	169-189		Taylor & Francis	African Languages and Cultures	1	London	http://www.jstor.org/stable/1771699	Philip J. Jaggar	Jaggar, Philip J. 1988. "Guruntum (gùrdùng) (West Chadic-B): Linguistic Notes and Wordlist." In African Languages and Cultures, 1: 169-189. Taylor & Francis. Online: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1771699.			~10,000		1000-9999		Hausa				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Nigeria	"Pali and Duguri districts of the Alkaleri Local Government Area in the south-eastern part of Bauchi State, Nigeria."
Westafrikanische Studien			2003	A Grammatical Outline of Gùrdùŋ/Gùrùntùm (Southern Bauchi, Nigeria)			Rüdiger Köppe Verlag		25	Köln		Andrew Haruna	Andrew Haruna. 2003. "A Grammatical Outline of Gùrdùŋ/Gùrùntùm (Southern Bauchi, Nigeria)." 25: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.	HHOLD	~21,200			10000-99999	"Community Tax Book of 1978/79 estimates the number of Gurdung in the LGA at 10,600 [...] recent research has revealed that the number is twice as many."	Hausa, English	"Today, no Gurdung person is monolingual. The older people speak Gurdung, Hausa, and usually at least another third language [...] Nowadays, more and more young people are abandoning the language and are becoming to some extent bilingual in Hausa and English."	Fauwala (Gurdung association)	All	Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	"Many of the western educated younger generation are becoming language conscious, forming language associations, giving their children Gurdung language names and making conscious efforts to learn and teach their children the language."	Nigeria	"The majority of Gurdung speakers live in several villages in the Paali and Duguri districts of the Alkaaleeri Local Government Area of Bauchi State."	9.900878, 9.765803; 10.078389, 10.493463

Guruntum

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Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000-99,999

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~10,000

Discussion

Guruntum

Language metadata

Language information by source

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000-99,999

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

15,000

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~10,000

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