Limbum in Cameroon

Speakers

130,000

Type

Location

Limbum in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Limbum in Cameroon

Size

130,000

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
Yes
Indigenous language
Yes
Administrative units of the country
Based on the actual population of the subdivisions where the Limbum people are present as of the 2005 census (2014 C. Hamm).
Location: North West region: Donga-Mantung division, Nkambe subdivision, Ndu and Nkambe areas

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
Based on the actual population of the subdivisions where the Limbum people are present as of the 2005 census (2014 C. Hamm).
Location: North West region: Donga-Mantung division, Nkambe subdivision, Ndu and Nkambe areas

Size / Number of users

Number of users

130000
Source
2005 SIL
Year
2005

Users within total population

0.73000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

1
Source
2005 SIL
Year
2005

5. Use

Completion