Also Known As:
Bullom So, Northern Bullom, Bolom, Bulem, Bullun, Bullin, Mmani, Mandingi, Mandenyi
Dialects & Varieties
- Mmani
- Kafu
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.
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100-500
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"One town chief on the Isle of Kabak even called speaking to the ancestors in Mani ‘speaking to the devil’ [...] domains for the use of Mani have disappeared, but the battering of the language is even more intense as children mock their playmates if they speak Mani, even on the Sierra Leone side of the border."
Location and Context
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Speakers' Attitude
Negative
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
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Recent Resources
Map of towns surveyed for the Mani Documentation Project, undertaken by Dr. Tucker Childs.