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Field Report on Jalkunan (Personal Communication)

Vu Truong. 2012. "Field Report On Jalkunan (Personal Communication)."

Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
About Vitality Level
600
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 3

Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.

3
Domains of Use

Domain Of Use 3

Used mainly in the home and/or with family, but remains the primary language of these domains for many community members.

3
Transmission

Transmission 1

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

1
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
20
Semi-speakers or rememberers
100
Children:
No results found.
Young adults
100
Older adults
300
Elders
No results found.
Ethnic or community population
1000-1200
Year information was gathered
No results found.
Comments on speakers
"Personal fieldwork (2012): In the ten interviews I conducted, speakers reported highly positive attitudes towards the language. Yet this does not seem to be the full picture. One such interviewee eventually became my main informant. He said that he was very proud of his ethnicity and language and prouder still to be sharing his knowledge with a linguist. On one of our trips into the city, I found this same man lying about his ethnicity by telling others that he is Senoufo. When confronted, he admitted that he prefers not to mention his Jalkunan identity outside the village. At present, the prevalence of this behavior is unknown, but certainly it has made me think twice about any reports of positive feelings."

Location and Context
Countries
Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire
Location Description

"Berthelette & Berthelette (2001): Province of Leraba and in the department of Loumana, an area approximately 50 km west of Banfora. Most speakers live in Blédougou and Sobara, though the Blé of Sobara shifted to using Senoufo as their language. Unconfirmed reports of speakers living in villages between Blédougou and the border of Côte d’Ivoire.

Personal fieldwork (2012): Fewer than 10 elderly speakers in Sobara. Unconfirmed reports of upwards of 200 ethnic Jalkunan in Côte d’Ivoire. It is unknown how many of them are speakers."

Government Support
None
Institutional Support
None
Speakers' Attitude
Mixed/positive
Other Languages Used By The Community
Jula, Fulfulde, Samo, Senoufo, French
Number of Other Language Speakers:
Nearly all speakers speak Jula. Significant numbers speak Fulfulde, Samo, or Senoufo. Very few speakers of French.
Domains of Other Languages:
French and Jula are used in education.

Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
None
Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
No results found.

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