Mono language (Cameroon)

Mono
Native toCameroon
Ethnicity500 Dama
Native speakers
(300 Mono cited 2001)
50 Dama (2002)
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
mru – Mono
dmm – Dama
Glottologmono1269  Mono
dama1267  Dama
ELPMono (Cameroon)
 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).

Distribution

Mono is spoken north of Rey Bouba, around Kongrong, and along the Mayo-Godi River (Rey Bouba commune, Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region).

Spoken by 1,100 speakers, Mono is in decline as speakers are shifting to Fulfulde.

References

  1. 1 2 Mono at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
    Dama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. 1 2 3 Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.