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Ndai
Ndai
Native to	Cameroon
Native speakers	5 (2002)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Mbum–Day Mbum Northern Mbum Dama–Galke Ndai; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gke
Glottolog	ndai1238
ELP	Ndai

Ndai, also known as Galke or Pormi, is a nearly extinct Mbum language of northern Cameroon. There are only about a few speakers remaining in the vicinity of Tcholliré (Tcholliré commune, Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region).^[2] The name of the language supposedly comes from the language's word for "cow". The language is spoken to a degree of fluency by 5 speakers, all over the age of 50, and two others are alleged to hold a conversational-level knowledge of the language.^[3]

References

^ Ndai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
^ "Sociolinguistic language survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo". SIL International. Retrieved 2023-09-18.

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[e25-1] Ndai at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[ALCAM2012-2] Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.

[3] "Sociolinguistic language survey of Dama, Mono, Pam, Ndai and Oblo". SIL International. Retrieved 2023-09-18.

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