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Cultural Ecologies of Endangered Languages: the Case of Wawa and Njanga

Sascha Sebastian Griffiths and Laura Robson. 2010. "Cultural Ecologies of Endangered Languages: the Case of Wawa and Njanga." In Anthropological Linguistics, 52: 217-238. Online: http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/anthropological_linguistics/v052/52.2.grif….

Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
About Vitality Level
2,500
Native Speakers Worldwide
Domains of Use

Domain Of Use 1

Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.

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Transmission

Transmission 1

Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.

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Speakers
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Comments on speakers
"Although they have not shifted directly to speaking Fulfulde, bilingualism in Fulfulde has increased and its influence on Wawa is notable... The Wawa people are multilingual, with most Wawa people speaking at least Wawa and Fulfulde (the region’s lingua franca) and often other local languages like Vute or Mambila as well. Those who have gone to school also know French. Those who have gone to the secondary school in Banyo may even know English. Hausa serves as a trade language in the area and therefore those Wawa who live and work in town will also have either passive or active proficiency in Hausa. "

Location and Context
Countries
Cameroon; Nigeria
Location Description

"[The Wawa are] autochthonous to the Adamawa Plateau region of Cameroon, a country regarded as both Central African and West African in the literature. The Wawa live in thirteen villages around a town called Banyo, as well as in Banyo itself. The central village of the northern cluster is called Oumyari, and Wawa villages are found on the border with Nigeria"

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Other Languages Used By The Community
Fulfulde; Arabic; Vute; Mambila; French; English; Hausa
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Most
Domains of Other Languages:
Religion; education; trade

Writing Systems
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