Ipulo-Olulu in Cameroon

Speakers

2,500

Type

Location

Ipulo-Olulu in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Ipulo-Olulu in Cameroon

Size

2,500

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
Yes

3. State

Documentation: materials

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban
Administrative units of the country
North West region: Menchum division;
South West region: Manyu division, Akwaya subdivision, south and southeast of Akwaya town

Size / Number of users

Number of users

2500
Source
1990 SIL
Year
1990

Users within total population

0.02500
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
1990 SIL
Year
1990

Generational use

50
All generations

Educational attainment

Early childhood education
Primary education

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Craft and related trades workers
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Language competence

Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

Less than 50% of users with literacy in the language
Comments

.Language Use: Used by all.
Most also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes]. Some also use English [eng]. Also use Caka [ckx].
Also use Eman [emn]. Used as L2 by Eman [emn]

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local
Comments
North West region: Menchum division;
South West region: Manyu division, Akwaya subdivision, south and southeast of Akwaya town

Economic dimension

Economic scope
  • Quinary sector
  • Quaternary sector
  • Tertiary sector
  • Secondary sector
  • Primary sector
  • Language not used

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Nature
exclusive
Stability
Decreasing

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration
  • International level
  • National level
  • Regional level
  • Local level
  • Auxiliary use
  • No use

Types of language use

  • signed / spoken use
  • written use
  • digital use
Comments
Language Dev: Bible portions: 1998.
Writing: Latin script

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Type of language use in education
  • Medium of instruction
  • Immersion teaching
  • Teaching subject
  • Occasionally used
  • Symbolically used
Comments
Language Dev: Bible portions: 1998.
Writing: Latin script

Public healthcare

  • Language not used
  • Translations
  • Healthcare information
  • Nursing care (incl. elderly)
  • Doctor-patient communication
  • Generally used

Information, communication and cultural production

Digital sphere

  • Language not used
  • Texting and messaging
  • Social media
  • Blogs, web pages, e-books
  • Edutainment products and services
  • Social media have a localized interface
  • Localized web search and e-commerce services
  • Localized operating systems
  • Machine translation
  • Top level domain name

Legal system

Language use in the legal system
  • General use
  • Legal transactions
  • Court proceedings
  • Written submissions
  • Spoken/signed testimonies
  • Language not used

Completion