The Damakawa language
Stuart McGill. 2008. "The Damakawa Language." School of Oriental and African Studies.
Critically Endangered
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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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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 5
Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Speakers
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
500-1000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Neighbouring tribes do not always hold the Damakawa in high regard. Cicipu accounts of their origin are uncomplimentary to say the least, and there is (or was) a taboo forbidding intermarriage with them (which may extend to other tribes as well). Such an attitude may have contributed to the small size of the ethnic group and the current state of the Damakawa language... Young children in these villages now speak a neighbouring and probably related language, C'Lela, as their mother tongue. Hausa is also spoken, probably universally."
Location and Context
Countries
Sakaba LGA, Kebbi State, Nigeria
Location Description
"The Damakawa are a group of perhaps 500-1000 people living in three or four villages. These are situated just south of Maganda on the Dirindaji to Makuku road in Sakaba LGA, Kebbi State."
Government Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
C'Lela; Hausa
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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