Yangben in Cameroon

Speakers

2,300

Type

Location

Yangben in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Yangben in Cameroon

Size

2,300

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
Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou division, Bokito subdivision, Yangben canton south of Bokito town

Size / Number of users

Number of users

2300
Year
1994

Users within total population

0.02300
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Year
1994

Generational use

50
All generations

Educational attainment

Early childhood education
Primary education

Occupational qualifications

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

Language competence

Understand all, speak/sign well

Literacy of users

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

Most also use French [fra], used in primary and secondary education. Some also use
Bulu [bum], only in the Presbyterian Church. Some also use Ewondo [ewo], only in the
Catholic Church

Digital use

No digital language use

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

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

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

Public healthcare

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

Information, communication and cultural production

Digital sphere

Legal system

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

Geographical scope of legal language use

  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
  • International

Completion