Nomaande

LEM

developing

Alternate Names: Lemande, Mande, Mandi, Noomaante, Numaand, Numand, Pimenc

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
Benue-Congo
Bantoid
Southern
Narrow Bantu
Northwest
A
Basaa (A.46)

Demographics: 6,000 (1982 SIL), increasing.

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Very positive attitudes. Also use French [fra].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. A subject in some schools. Poetry. Newspapers. Dictionary. NT: 2008.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Cameroon

Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.