Yemba in Cameroon

Speakers

300,000

Type

Location

Yemba in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Yemba in Cameroon

Size

300,000

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No
Administrative units of the country
South West region: Lebialem division;
West region: Menoua division, Dschang area

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
South West region: Lebialem division;
West region: Menoua division, Dschang area

Size / Number of users

Number of users

300000
Source
1992 SIL
Year
1992

Users within total population

2.40000
Less than 10% use the language

PROPORTION

2
Source
1992 SIL
Year
1992

Language competence

Literacy of users

Less than 50% of users with literacy in the language

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

Completion