Wawa in Cameroon

Speakers

3,000

Type

Location

Wawa in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Wawa in Cameroon

Size

3,000

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
Adamawa region: Mayo-Banyo division, Bankim subdivision, 9 villages: Dembesse, Gandoua, Gaoula, Kassala, Mbassewa, Mbenguedje, Ndi, Oumyari, and Yabam west of Banyo

Size / Number of users

Number of users

3000
Year
1991
Comments

Users: 3,000 (1991 SIL). 700 in Gandoua dialect (2014 SIL)

Users within total population

Less than 1% use the language

Generational use

50
All generations

Educational attainment

Early childhood education
Primary education
Comments

Language Use: Still transmitted to children, but much mixing with other languages (2014
SIL)

Occupational qualifications

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

Literacy of users

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

Many also use French [fra]. Many also use Vute [vut].
Also use Adamawa Fulfulde [fub].
Language Dev: All Wawa are literate in Arabic [arb]. Some are literate in French [fra]. Grammar

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

Public healthcare

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

Completion