Eman in Cameroon

Speakers

800

Type

Location

Eman in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Eman in Cameroon

Size

800

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
South West region: northeast Manyu division, Akwaya subdivision, Akalabo, Akalam Gomo, Amanavil, and Amayo towns

Size / Number of users

Number of users

800
Source
1990 SIL
Year
1990

Users within total population

0.00008
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
1990 SIL
Year
1990

Users within the reference community

Less than 1% use the language

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Year
1990
Comments

Some young people, all adults

Generational use

50
All generations
Year
1990
Comments

Some young people, all adults

Educational attainment

Early childhood education

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations

Language competence

Understand some, speak/sign little
Comments

Also use Cameroon Pidgin
Also use Ipulo

Literacy of users

Less than 50% 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

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

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