The Casamance as an Area of Intense Language Contact: The Case of Baïnounk Gubaher
Alexander Cobbinah. 2010. "The Casamance As An Area of Intense Language Contact: The Case of Baïnounk Gubaher." In Journal of Language Contact, Online: http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/12415/1/JLC_THEMA_3_complet.pdf.
Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~1,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Young adults
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Older 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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Location and Context
Countries
Senegal
Location Description
"Village of Djibonker, just south of Ziguinchor, and... diaspora communities in Dakar and Ziguinchor"
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Joola Banjal; Joola Kujirerai; Bayot; French; Wolof
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Most
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
Gubeeher is one of the three principal Bainounk languages.
languages, and a repertoire of six to ten languages is nothing unusual for an adult person... French and Wolof are increasingly spoken and understood everywhere in Senegal... three of the languages spoken by the inhabitants of Djibonker are themselves only poorly described minority languages: Joola
Banjal (Sagna 2008; Tendeng 2007; Bassène 2006), Joola Kujirerai (no sources found) and Bayot (Diagne 2009)."