Animere

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A language of Ghana

ISO 639-3
anf
Alternate Names
Anyimere, Kunda
Population

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

Location

Eastern Central Region, Kecheibi and Kunda villages, remote.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Left Bank, Kebu-Animere
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%.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Animere
Writing
Unwritten.
Other Comments

Traditional religion.