Mono language (Cameroon)

Mono
Mono
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	500 Dama
Native speakers	(300 Mono cited 2001); 50 Dama (2002)
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

Mono is a moribund Mbum language spoken by older adults in northern Cameroon.

NativetoCameroon

Ethnicity500 Dama

Native speakers

(300 Mono cited 2001)^[1]
50 Dama (2002)^[1]

Language family

Niger–Congo?

Atlantic–Congo
- Mbum–Day
  - Mbum
    - Northern Mbum
      - Dama–Galke
        Mono

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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).^[2]

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Mono language (Cameroon)

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