Also Known As:
Somyewe, Somyɛwɛ, Kila, Kilayen, Kila Yang, Somyiwe, Sombe, Sombə, Fur
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Consonants in the Somyev Language
" slave" in the Somyev Language
This deposit consists of annotated audio recordings of two speakers of Somyev, spoken in Taraba Stat
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Bruce Connell. 2007. "Endangered Languages in Central Africa." In Language Diversity Endangered, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 163-178. Mouton de Gruyter.
Bibliography of Locations:
Connell, B. (2010). Language Ecology and Language Endangerment: An instance from the Nigeria-Cameroon borderland. Journal of West African Languages 37.1: 23–32.
Bibliography of Context:
Connell, B. (2010). Language Ecology and Language Endangerment: An instance from the Nigeria-Cameroon borderland. Journal of West African Languages 37.1: 23–32.