Animere

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Alternate Names: Anyimere, Kunda

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Kwa
Left Bank
Kebu-Animere

Demographics: 700 (2003). Only a few fluent speakers left in an ethnic group of several hundred (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007).

Language Use: Not being passed on to children. Akan [aka] is becoming increasingly important as L1 (Dimmendaal and Voeltz 2007). Limited domains. Speakers 40 and older. Also use Akan [aka].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Ghana

Other Comments: Traditional religion.