Goundo language

Goundo is a nearly extinct Adamawa language of Chad. It is one of the three members of the Kim languages group, together with Kim and Besme.

Goundo
Native toChad
Native speakers
30 (1998)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3goy
Glottologgoun1238[2]

The language is only spoken by older adults as many young people shifted to Kabalai and Nancere.

Ethnologue (22nd ed.) lists Goundo villages as Goundo-Bengli, Goundo-Nangom, and Goundo-Yila in Kélo and Lai subprefectures, Tandjilé Region.

References

  1. Goundo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Goundo". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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