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Ndai language

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Ndai
Native toCameroon
Native speakers
5 (2002)[1]
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3gke
Glottologndai1238
ELPNdai

Ndai, also known as Galke or Pormi, is a nearly extinct Mbum language of northern Cameroon. There are only about a few speakers remaining in the vicinity of Tcholliré (Tcholliré commune, Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region).[2] The name of the language supposedly comes from the language's word for "cow". The language is spoken to a degree of fluency by 5 speakers, all over the age of 50, and two others are alleged to hold a conversational-level knowledge of the language.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ndai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Sociolinguistic language survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo". SIL International. Retrieved 2023-09-18.