Mono is a moribund

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language spoken by older adults in northern

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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 (

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department, North Region).

Distribution

Mono is spoken north of Rey Bouba, around Kongrong, and along the Mayo-Godi River ( Rey Bouba commune,

department, Northern Region). Spoken by 1,100 speakers, Mono is in decline as speakers are shifting to

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References

*Blench, Roger and Stefan Elders
A wordlist of Mono, a highly endangered Adamawa language of Cameroun
Languages of Cameroon Mbum languages {{AtlanticCongo-lang-stub