Mafa in Cameroon

Speakers

500,000

Type

Location

Mafa in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Mafa in Cameroon

Size

500,000

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
Yes
Indigenous language
No
Administrative units of the country
Far North region: Mayo-Tsanaga division, Mokolo town and north.

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, Mokolo town and north.

Size / Number of users

Number of users

500000
Source
1997 SIL
Year
1997

Users within total population

3.48000
Less than 10% use the language

PROPORTION

3
Source
1997 SIL
Year
1997

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

Less than 10% 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
Comments
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
complementary

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
Dialects: West Mafa (Magoumaz, Mavoumay, Moskota), Central Mafa (Djingliya, Gouzda, Koza, Ldamtsai, Mokola, Mokolo, Ouzal), East Mafa (Bao, Mazam, Midre, Soulede), Roua. The Roua dialect may be a separate language. Lg Use: Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Some also use Adamawa Fulfulde [fub]. Some also use Buwal [bhs]. Some also use French [fra]. Some also use Mefele [mfj]. Some also use North Mofu [mfk]. A few also use Hausa [hau]. A few also use Hdi [xed]. Used as L2 by Cuvok [cuv], Gavar [gou], Hdi [xed], Mefele[mfj], Mofu-Gudur [mif], Vemgo-Mabas [vem], Zulgo-Gemzek [gnd]. Lg Dev: New orthography in Catholic schools. Taught as subject in some primary schools. Literature. Radio.
Dictionary. Bible: 1989. Writing: Latin script. Other: Traditional religion. Map: 83.
Worldwide: Total users in all countries: 504,910. Also indigenous in: Nigeria.

Ethnoculture

  • No use
  • Informal learning
  • Skills and knowledge
  • Performing arts
  • Social practices
  • Customary law
  • Traditional medicine
  • Knowledge and practices
  • Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Primary level
Type of language use in education
  • Medium of instruction
  • Immersion teaching
  • Teaching subject
  • Occasionally used
  • Symbolically used

Public healthcare

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

Information, communication and cultural production

  • Information services
  • Broadcasting
  • Video, film
  • Sound/music recording
  • Publishing activities
  • Language not used

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

Areas of law the language is used

  • Criminal law
  • Civil law
  • Administrative law

Geographical scope of legal language use

  • Local
  • Regional
  • National
  • International

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