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ALSO KNOWN AS		Galke, Pormi
CLASSIFICATION		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, North Volta-Congo, Adamawa
ORTHOGRAPHY		None
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		gke
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Information from: “Endangered Languages in Central Africa” (163-178) . Bruce Connell (2007) , Matthias Brenzinger · Mouton de Gruyter

Critically endangered

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

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
3
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
50
SEMI SPEAKERS
2
ELDERS
3

DATE OF INFO: 2001

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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"Traditional, non-Islamic ceremonies are the only domain where the Ndai continue to speak the mother tongue."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

Positive among older adults, negative among younger people

INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

None

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Fufulde
French

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Adults speak Fufulde almost exclusively. Except for the few who speak the mother tongue, older adults primarily speak Fulfulde. The younger people, according to those interviewed, are favoring French over Fulfulde, since French is the language of education. [...] Every one of the adults interviewed said that they are proud of their language and would like the younger people to speak it. The younger people, however, are ashamed to speak the language of their ethnic group."

Scripts (Writing system)

None

PLACES: Tcholliré village

A few
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Grimes (1984) is cited saying "Only a few speakers left". Boyd (p.c.) is cited reporting that Galke and related languages are spoken by "very small groups of people".

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Cameroon

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The village of Tcholliré (Benue District).

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2002

A few
Native speakers worldwide

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Tchollire, Mayo-Rey Division, North Province, Cameroon

	Contributions to the sociology of language, #64		1992	A survey on language death in Africa	Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa	402	Brenzinger, Matthias		Mouton de Gruyter	Berlin & New York				Sommer, Gabriele	Gabriele Sommer. 1992. "A Survey On Language Death in Africa." In Language death: factual and theoretical explorations with special reference to East Africa, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 402. Mouton de Gruyter.	EBALL		A few			Grimes (1984) is cited saying "Only a few speakers left". Boyd (p.c.) is cited reporting that Galke and related languages are spoken by "very small groups of people".				Fulfulde								Cameroon	The village of Tcholliré (Benue District).
9783110170498			2007	Endangered Languages in Central Africa	Language Diversity Endangered	163-178	Matthias Brenzinger		Mouton de Gruyter	Berlin				Bruce Connell	Bruce Connell. 2007. "Endangered Languages in Central Africa." In Language Diversity Endangered, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 163-178. Mouton de Gruyter.			Few		1-9								Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
		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		5	2002	1-9								Critically Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							8.399,14.1641
9780700711970			2007	Africa	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages		Christopher Moseley		Routledge			7		Gerrit J. Dimmendaal and F. K. Erhard Voeltz	Dimmendaal, Gerrit J. and F. K. Erhard Voeltz. 2007. "Africa." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley. Routledge.			A few																Tchollire, Mayo-Rey Division, North Province, Cameroon
			2002	Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai, and Oblo				Online report			SIL International		http://www.sil.org/silesr/2002/SILESR2002-048.pdf	Michael Ayotte and Charlene Ayotte	Ayotte, Michael and Charlene Ayotte. 2002. "Sociolinguistic Language Survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai, and Oblo." Online: http://www.sil.org/silesr/2002/SILESR2002-048.pdf.		50	3	2001	1-9		2	3	Fufulde in markets; French in schools	Fufulde, French	Positive among older adults, negative among younger people	"Adults speak Fufulde almost exclusively. Except for the few who speak the mother tongue, older adults primarily speak Fulfulde. The younger people, according to those interviewed, are favoring French over Fulfulde, since French is the language of education. [...] Every one of the adults interviewed said that they are proud of their language and would like the younger people to speak it. The younger people, however, are ashamed to speak the language of their ethnic group."	Critically Endangered (100 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	"Traditional, non-Islamic ceremonies are the only domain where the Ndai continue to speak the mother tongue."	15	15	Tcholliré village

Ndai

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Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Few

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3

A few

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

A few

Discussion

Ndai

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

Few

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available

3

A few

Critically endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5

A few

Discussion

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