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Mono
Mono
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	500 Dama
Native speakers	300 Mono (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.

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).^[3]

Distribution

Mono is spoken north of Rey Bouba, around Kongrong, and along the Mayo-Godi River (Rey Bouba commune, Mayo-Rey department, Northern Region).^[3]

Spoken by 1,100 speakers, Mono is in decline as speakers are shifting to Fulfulde.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Mono at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Dama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Endangered Languages Project data for Dama.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.