Language Endangerment： An Overview of the Ethnolinguistic Vitality of Some Cameroonian Languages  

作　　者：Njwe nee Amah Eyovi Ntongieh 

机构地区：[1]The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon

出　　处：《Sino-US English Teaching》2015年第3期182-197,共16页中美英语教学（英文版）

摘　　要：The nation of Cameroon practices Exoglossic Bilingualism whereby, French and English are used as official languages instituted by the constitution of Cameroon. Alongside the official languages are about 284 minority languages with unequal vitality. The official languages together with a lingua franca Pidgin English and a few indigenous languages which have gained regional recognition exert great pressure on some of the indigenous minority languages, endangering them and leaving some almost at the verge of extinction if the situation is not reversed. Endeavours at assessing the language vitality situation reveal that Ngwo and Marjkur （generally known as mankon） spoken in the North West, Nweh in the South West, and Ngomba in the West regions of Cameron face such pressure and are each relatively endangered. Various strategies worthwhile to overcome language endangerment have been considered.

关 键 词：language endangerment ethnolinguistic vitality exoglossic BILINGUALISM official languages linguafranca 

分 类 号：TP391.1[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术] Q55[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]