Goundo is a nearly extinct
Adamawa language
The Adamawa languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in central Africa, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad, spoken altogether by only one and a half million people (as of ...
of
Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...
. It is one of the three members of the
Kim languages group, together with
Kim
Kim or KIM may refer to:
Names
* Kim (given name)
* Kim (surname)
** Kim (Korean surname)
*** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties
**** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948
** Kim, Vietnamese ...
and
Besme
Besme, also called ''Behmef'', real name apparently Charles Dianovitz (Karel z Janovic), was a Bohemian in the pay of the Duke of Guise, who is recorded as the assassin of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny in 1572, using either a dagger or a ...
.
The language is only spoken by older adults as many young people shifted to
Kabalai and
Nancere.
''
Ethnologue'' lists Goundo villages as Goundo-Bengli, Goundo-Nangom, and Goundo-Yila in Kélo and Lai subprefectures,
Tandjilé Region Tandjilé may refer to:
* Tandjilé Prefecture, one of the 14 Prefectures of Chad, which existed from 1960, the year of independence, to 1999
* Tandjilé Region, one of the regions of Chad, established in 2002
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References
Languages of Chad
Kim languages
Endangered languages of Africa
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