Dimbong in Cameroon

Speakers

140

Type

Location

Dimbong in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Dimbong in Cameroon

Size

140

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
Comments
Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou
division, northwest of Bafia

Size / Number of users

Number of users

140
Year
1992

Users within total population

0.00140
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
1992 SIL(Société Internationale de Linguistique)
Comments
Population of Cameroon estimated at 10 million in 1992

Users within the reference community

Less than 1% use the language
Actual percentage
0
Source
1992 SIL(Société Internationale de Linguistique)
Year
1992
Comments
ethnical Population estimated at 50000 in 1992

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Generational use

50
Confined to older generations

Educational attainment

No education

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations

Language competence

Understand little, speak/sign none

Literacy of users

Less than 1% of users with literacy in the language

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
Source
SIL 1992
Comments
Location: Centre region: Mbam-and-Inoubou
division, northwest of Bafia. 2 villages.

Economic dimension

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

Functional dimension

Nature
exclusive
Stability
Decreasing

Functional use in administration

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

Language not used

Public healthcare

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

Completion