Malimba in Cameroon

Speakers

1,780

Type

Location

Malimba in Cameroon

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Malimba in Cameroon

Size

1,780

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
Littoral region: Sanaga-Maritime division, small pocket north of Edéa, and Sanaga river mouth area.

Size / Number of users

Number of users

1780
Source
2009 SIL
Year
2009

Users within total population

0.00001
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Year
2009

Users within the reference community

Less than 1% use the language

Age distribution of users

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

Language Use: Some young people, all adults

Generational use

50
All generations
Year
2009
Comments

Language Use: Some young people, all adults

Educational attainment

Early childhood education

Occupational qualifications

Elementary occupations
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers

Language competence

Understand some, speak/sign little
Comments

Most also use Duala.
Most also use French

Literacy of users

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

Most also use Duala.
Most also use French

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

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

Language not used

Public healthcare

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

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