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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Autores principales:	Connell Bruce, Zeitlyn David, Griffiths Sascha, Hayward Laura, Martin Marieke
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Publicado:	De Gruyter 2021
Materias:	mambiloid languages linguistic evolution language shift Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2ef53f2441ca438e9484192b86815f032021-12-05T14:11:00ZLanguage ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)2300-996910.1515/opli-2021-0011https://doaj.org/article/2ef53f2441ca438e9484192b86815f032021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opli-2021-0011https://doaj.org/toc/2300-9969As 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 understanding of the factors and circumstances that have brought two of these languages, Sombә and Njanga, to the brink of extinction; a third, Oumyari, is unstable/eroded, while Bà Mambila is stable. Other related languages of the area, also endangered and in one case extinct, fit into our discussion, though with less focus. We argue that an understanding of the language ecology of a region (or of a given language) leads to an understanding of the vitality of a language. Language ecology seen as a multilayered phenomenon can help explain why the four languages of our case studies have different degrees of vitality. This has implications for how language change is conceptualised: we see multilingualism and change (sometimes including extinction) as normative.Connell BruceZeitlyn DavidGriffiths SaschaHayward LauraMartin MariekeDe Gruyterarticlemambiloid languageslinguistic evolutionlanguage shiftPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091ENOpen Linguistics, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 244-300 (2021)
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spellingShingle	mambiloid languages linguistic evolution language shift Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Connell Bruce Zeitlyn David Griffiths Sascha Hayward Laura Martin Marieke Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)
description	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 understanding of the factors and circumstances that have brought two of these languages, Sombә and Njanga, to the brink of extinction; a third, Oumyari, is unstable/eroded, while Bà Mambila is stable. Other related languages of the area, also endangered and in one case extinct, fit into our discussion, though with less focus. We argue that an understanding of the language ecology of a region (or of a given language) leads to an understanding of the vitality of a language. Language ecology seen as a multilayered phenomenon can help explain why the four languages of our case studies have different degrees of vitality. This has implications for how language change is conceptualised: we see multilingualism and change (sometimes including extinction) as normative.
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author	Connell Bruce Zeitlyn David Griffiths Sascha Hayward Laura Martin Marieke
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title	Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)
title_short	Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)
title_full	Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)
title_fullStr	Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)
title_full_unstemmed	Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)
title_sort	language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: case studies from adamawa (cameroon-nigeria)
publisher	De Gruyter
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Language ecology, language endangerment, and relict languages: Case studies from Adamawa (Cameroon-Nigeria)

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