Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)

Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)

As a contribution to the more general discussion on causes of language endangerment and death, we describe the language ecologies of four related languages (Bà Mambila [mzk]/[mcu], Sombә (Somyev or Kila) [kgt], Oumyari Wawa [www], Njanga (Kwanja) [knp]) of the Cameroon-Nigeria borderland to reach an...

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Main Authors: Connell Bruce, Zeitlyn David, Griffiths Sascha, Hayward Laura, Martin Marieke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2021-06-01
Series:Open Linguistics
Subjects:
mambiloid languages
linguistic evolution
language shift
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2021-0011

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https://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2021-0011

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