Endangered Languages Project

Alias		Sibhende, Kibende, Si'bende
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Benue-Congo, Southern Bantoid
ORTHGRAFIE		Roman-based
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		bdp
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche

Sicher gefährdet

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
27,000-41,290
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
"The numbers above proposed by Ethnologue 1999 (27,000) and UDSM LoT project 2009 (41,290) seem to be closer to the population of ethnic group. The population of speakers and that of ethnic group are rarely distinguishable especially for Bantu speakers... No creditable number of speakers is available."

NUTZUNGSBEREICHE
ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
VERBREITUNG
SPRECHEREINSTELLUNG: "Bende people have relatively negative attitude towards their language, since any people evaluate themselves more negatively than other neighboring ethnic groups."
UNTERSTÜTZUNG DER REGIERUNG: None
INSTITUTIONELLE UNTERSTÜTZUNG: "SIL-International Katavi branch has launched the Bende project since 2011."
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT: "Bende as many other Tanzanian Bantu is highly threatened by the National language, Swahili. Moreover, Bende is used exclusively by Bende people, while other neighboring languages like Nyamwezi, Fipa and Ha are also used (although not so much) as a common language by non-native speakers. It means Bende has the lower status in their indigenous area. Not popular in larger cities at all."
Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien): Roman-based
Rechtschreibung: "A tentative Roman-based writing system was proposed by myself [Yuko Abe] and SIL-International. Orthography testing is in progress by SIL-International. The writing system is similar to that of the Standard Swahili."

Bende