| Variants |
Da Holmaci, Bali Holma |
| Language affiliation |
Afro-Asiatic |
| Language affiliation (details) |
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Central Chadic, Bata-Gude group, Bata-Subgroup. |
| Geographic locations |
Nigeria (Adamawa State, North of Sorau on the Nigerian/Cameroonian border) and Cameroon. |
| Language situation |
Moribund language: only a few elderly speakers are left |
| General presentation of the language |
Nzanyi, a language of Cameroon, is mentioned as its dialect. |
| Number of speakers |
4 people with a good proficiency amongst 5,000 people of the Holma ethnic group |
| Socio-linguistic context – description |
Holma was spoken by a small ethnic community of the same name. The Holma adopted the culture and language of the Fulani and the Holma language has been replaced by Fulfulde. Only a few old men are able to speak the language of their forefathers. |
| ISO standard codes (639-2 / 639-3) |
[HOD] |
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| Unicode support |
Yes |
