A short video story on Tucker Childs and Hannah Sarvasy's work to document Kim.
Also Known As:
Kim, Kittim, Kirim, Kimi
Dialects & Varieties
Language Endangerment in West Africa: Its Victims and Causes
G. Tucker Childs. 2006. "Language Endangerment in West Africa: Its Victims and Causes." In The Joy of Language: Proceedings of a symposium honoring the colleagues of David Dwyer on the occasion of his retirement, Online: https://www.msu.edu/~dwyer/16-Childs.doc.
Severely Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<100
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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Children:
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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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Comments on speakers
"The more prosaic story is that the Krim have assimilated completely to the Mende by whom they are surrounded – Krim-speaking mothers even speak to their infants in Mende. One mother commented that they speak Mende to their children so that they can suck it down with their milk (Bete Masale 2006 p.c.)."
Location and Context
Countries
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Location Description
"Today Krim speakers number only a few score, living in isolated hamlets along the tidal estuary of the Waanje, well protected from imposition, at least by land. No roads reach these villages."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Mende
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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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
Map of towns where speakers of Kim/Bom were found in surveys by Dr. Tucker Childs, 2006-2009.