Also Known As:
Guruntum-Mbaaru, Gurdung, Tala, Gùrdùŋ, Gùrùntùm
Dialects & Varieties
- Lungu
- Gayar
- Dooka
- Karakara
- Gar
- Jimi
- Mbaaru
- Kuuku
A Grammatical Outline of Gùrdùŋ/Gùrùntùm (Southern Bauchi, Nigeria)
Andrew Haruna. 2003. "A Grammatical Outline of Gùrdùŋ/Gùrùntùm (Southern Bauchi, Nigeria)." 25: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag.
Speakers
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
~21,200
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Today, no Gurdung person is monolingual. The older people speak Gurdung, Hausa, and usually at least another third language [...] Nowadays, more and more young people are abandoning the language and are becoming to some extent bilingual in Hausa and English."
Location and Context
Countries
Nigeria
Location Description
"The majority of Gurdung speakers live in several villages in the Paali and Duguri districts of the Alkaaleeri Local Government Area of Bauchi State."
Government Support
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Institutional Support
Fauwala (Gurdung association)
Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Hausa, English
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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