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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).

Distribution

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

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

References

1. ^ Mono at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
   Dama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
2. Endangered Languages Project data for Dama.
3. ^ 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.

• Blench, Roger and Stefan Elders. A wordlist of Mono, a highly endangered Adamawa language of Cameroun.

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