One or two? Bom and Kim, two highly endangered South Atlantic “languages” of Sierra Leone
G. Tucker Childs. 2012. "One or Two? Bom and Kim, Two Highly Endangered South Atlantic “languages” of Sierra Leone." In World Congress on African Linguistics (WOCAL 7), Buea, Cameroon,
Critically Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
a few hundred
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
0
Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Sierra Leone
Location Description
Villages in the vicinity of Lake Kamasun, Lake Tibi, and west of the Waanje River.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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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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Writing system:
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Recent Resources
Picture that shows the words for various structures on the face and hand.
This project documents two dying languages spoken in the coastal tidelands of south-eastern Sierra L
Table to help English speakers understand the Bom parallel to vowels.