A short video story on Tucker Childs and Hannah Sarvasy's work to document Kim.
Also Known As:
Kim, Kittim, Kirim, Kimi
Dialects & Varieties
One or two? Bom and Kim, two highly endangered South Atlantic “languages” of Sierra Leone
G. Tucker Childs. 2012. "One or Two? Bom and Kim, Two Highly Endangered South Atlantic “languages” of Sierra Leone." In World Congress on African Linguistics (WOCAL 7), Buea, Cameroon,
Critically Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
a few hundred
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Young adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Sierra Leone
Location Description
Villages in the vicinity of Lake Kwako, Lake Baima, and Lame Kamasun.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Recent Resources
Map of towns where speakers of Kim/Bom were found in surveys by Dr. Tucker Childs, 2006-2009.