Animere kɔkɔre
| Aŋa yitaalombile | Kebu-Animere  |
|---|---|
| Paaloŋ | Ghana |
| Indigenous to | Volta Region |
| UNESCO language status | 5 critically endangered |
| Ethnologue language status | 8a Moribund |
| Animere | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ghana |
| Region | East Central Ghana, Kecheibi and Kunda villages |
Native speakers | 30 (2006)Template:Ethnologue25 does not exist |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | anf |
| Glottolog | anim1239 |
Animere (wagere mine naŋ e Anyimere bee Kunda, kyɛ ta wagere mine a da leɛ e toponym) eɛ kɔkɔre naŋ be a Ghana, a Kecheibe ane Kunda eɛ koraa naŋ be Benimbere noba. O peɛlɛɛ a Kebu bee Akebu ko a Togo. A Ghana Togo Mountain languages (GTM), naŋ taa lambo neŋ Ka-Togo kpaaroŋ ko a Heine (1968). Aŋa a GTM kɔkɔre, Animere eɛ a yuori kɔkɔre.
Animere eɛ kɔkɔre beɛo kaŋa naŋ na ba maŋ taa yeluu korɔ biiri; a yeluu sɔrebo eɛ 30 (Blench 2006).[1] Naŋ be a 1965 Adele, ka a kaŋa naŋ e GTM kɔkɔre, la a kɔkɔkpoŋ naŋ taa a bibiiri yeluu a Animere area, kyɛ nembɛrɛ yoŋ la maŋ yele a Animere bamenne zie, naŋ vɛŋ a Heine (1968) ka o teɛrɛ ka 'a kɔkɔre naŋ eɛ extinct yuomo mine wagere'.[2] Teɛroŋ naŋ be a Twi, a dominant regional language, naŋ taa yɛroŋ ko a Benimbere.
Footnotes
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- ↑ Blench (2006)[permanent dead link] notes that all 30 speakers are over 35 years old. A 2003 Ethnologue estimate of 700 probably counts all ethnic Benimbere. Bodomo 1996:38 states that "Animere (...) is said to be dying out (only 250 speakers now)". Bodomo's figure probably derives from an older edition of the Ethnologue also cited by Sommer 1992.
- ↑ Heine (1968) says that only members of Nkwantá and Kontrô clans of the Benimbere speak (some) Animere; cf. Sommer 1992:308
Sommo Yizie
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- Bodomo, Adams B. (1996) 'On Language And Development In Africa: The Case of Ghana', Nordic Journal of African Studies, 5, 2, 31–51.
- Heine, Bernd (1968) Die Verbreitung und Gliedering der Togorestsprachen (Kölner Beiträge zur Afrikanistik vol. 1). Köln: Druckerei Wienand.
- Seidel, A., (1898) "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Sprachen in Togo." Aufgrund der von Dr. Rudolf Plehn und anderen gesammelten Materialien bearbeitet. Zeitschrift für Afrikanischer und Oceanischer Sprachen.
- Sommer, Gabriele (1992) 'A survey on language death in Africa', in Brenzinger, Matthias (ed.) Language Death: Factual and Theoretical Explorations with Special Reference to East Africa. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 301–417.
Ziiri mine liŋkiri
[maaleŋ | Maale eŋ yizie]- Animere profile on UNESCO-CI
- ELAR archive of Documentation of Animere, Ghana (Kwa, Niger-Congo): A Pilot Study