Mono | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Ethnicity | 500 Dama |
Native speakers | 300 Mono (2001)[1] 50 Dama (2002)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:mru – Monodmm – Dama |
Glottolog | mono1269 Monodama1267 Dama |
ELP | Mono (Cameroon) |
Dama[2] |
Mono is a moribundMbum language spoken by older adults in northernCameroon.
Dama, a closely related variety that may have been a dialect of Mono, is already extinct. It was located in the arrondissement ofRey Bouba (Mayo-Rey department, North Region).[3]
Mono is spoken north ofRey Bouba, around Kongrong, and along the Mayo-Godi River (Rey Bouba commune,Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region).[3]
Spoken by 1,100 speakers, Mono is in decline as speakers are shifting toFulfulde.[3]
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