Vemgo-Mabas in Cameroon

Speakers

1,000

Type

Location

Vemgo-Mabas in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Vemgo-Mabas in Cameroon

Size

1,000

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
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
Far North region: Mayo-Tsanaga division, Mabas village on Nigeria border northwest of Mokolo

Size / Number of users

Number of users

1000
Source
Hamm 2004a
Year
2004

Users within total population

0.00005
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Year
2004

Users within the reference community

Less than 10% use the language
Actual percentage
9
Source
Hamm 2004a
Year
2004
Comments
Total users in all countries: 11,000

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Generational use

50
All generations
Year
2004

Educational attainment

Early childhood education

Occupational qualifications

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

Language competence

Understand some, speak/sign little

Literacy of users

More than 50% of users with literacy in the language

Digital use

Less than 10% digital users of 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

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

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