Osatu in Cameroon

Speakers

400

Type

Location

Osatu in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Osatu in Cameroon

Size

400

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
Location: South West region: Manyu
division, Akwaya subdivision, southeast of Asumbo
Comments
Location: South West region: Manyu
division, Akwaya subdivision, southeast of Asumbo

Size / Number of users

Number of users

400
Source
2002 SIL
Year
2002

Users within total population

1.00000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

1
Source
2002 SIL
Year
2002

Users within the reference community

Less than 1% use the language

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

SIL 2002

Year
2002
Comments

Some young people, all adults

Generational use

50
All generations
Comments

Some young people, all adults

Educational attainment

Early childhood education

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations

Language competence

Understand little, speak/sign none
Comments

Also use Cameroon Pidgin, English

Year
2002

Literacy of users

More than 50% of users with literacy in the language
Year
2002

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