Mono | |
States: | Cameroon |
Ethnicity: | 500 Dama |
Speakers: | 300 Mono |
Date: | 2001 |
Ref: | e25 |
Speakers2: | 50 Dama (2002) |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Mbum–Day |
Fam4: | Mbum |
Fam5: | Northern Mbum |
Fam6: | Dama–Galke |
Lc1: | mru |
Ld1: | Mono |
Lc2: | dmm |
Ld2: | Dama |
Glotto: | mono1269 |
Glottoname: | Mono |
Glottorefname: | Mono (Cameroon) |
Glotto2: | dama1267 |
Glottoname2: | Dama |
Glottorefname2: | Dama (Cameroon) |
Elp2: | 801 |
Elpname2: | Dama |
Mono is a moribund Mbum language spoken by older adults in northern Cameroon.
Dama, a closely related variety that may have been a dialect of Mono, is already extinct. It was located in the arrondissement of Rey Bouba (Mayo-Rey department, North Region).[1]
Mono is spoken north of Rey Bouba, around Kongrong, and along the Mayo-Godi River (Rey Bouba commune, Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region).[1]
Spoken by 1,100 speakers, Mono is in decline as speakers are shifting to Fulfulde.[1]