Mono language (Cameroon)

For other uses, see Mono language.

Mono
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	500 Dama
Native speakers	300 Mono (2001)[1] 50 Dama (2002)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mbum–Day Mbum Northern Mbum Dama–Galke Mono
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: mru – Mono dmm – Dama
Glottolog	mono1269  Mono dama1267  Dama
ELP	Mono (Cameroon)
	Dama[2]

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).[3]

Distribution

Mono is spoken north of Rey Bouba, around Kongrong, and along the Mayo-Godi River (Rey Bouba commune, Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region).[3]

Spoken by 1,100 speakers, Mono is in decline as speakers are shifting to Fulfulde.[3]

References

1. Mono at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
   Dama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Endangered Languages Project data for Dama.
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.

• Blench, Roger and Stefan Elders. A wordlist of Mono, a highly endangered Adamawa language of Cameroun.