Jukun Takum in Cameroon

Speakers

2,440

Type

Location

Jukun Takum in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Jukun Takum in Cameroon

Size

2,440

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
North West region: Menchum division, Furu-Awa subdivision, Furu-Sambari, FuruTuruwa, and Ntjieka villages.

Size / Number of users

Number of users

2440
Source
2000
Year
2000

Users within total population

0.01220
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Year
2000

Users within the reference community

Less than 10% use the language
Actual percentage
6
Year
2000

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Generational use

50
All generations

Educational attainment

Early childhood education

Occupational qualifications

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

Language competence

Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

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

Language Use: Used by all. Some also use Cameroon Pidgin. Some
also use English [eng], as language of public education.
Used as L2 by Akum [aku], Beezen[bnz], Bikya [byb], Bishuo [bwh], Kutep [kub], Naki [mff], Yukuben [ybl].

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
Comments
North West region: Menchum division, Furu-Awa subdivision, Furu-Sambari, FuruTuruwa, and Ntjieka villages.
Also indigenous in: Nigeria.

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
Comments
Lg Dev: Grammar.
Texts. NT: 1980–1994. Writing: Latin script, used since 1974.

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
Comments
Language Use: Used by all. Some also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes].
Some also use English [eng], as language of public education.

Public healthcare

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

Information, communication and cultural production

Digital sphere

  • Language not used
  • Texting and messaging
  • Social media
  • Blogs, web pages, e-books
  • Edutainment products and services
  • Social media have a localized interface
  • Localized web search and e-commerce services
  • Localized operating systems
  • Machine translation
  • Top level domain name

Legal system

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

Completion