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Ian Tupper, Tue, 2023-02-14 10:19
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It would be good to cite the source of the information on Location, Dialects and Language Use. All of this information comes from Friesen, Dan T., "Oroko orthography development: Linguistic and sociolinguistic factors" (2002). Master´s thesis, University of North Dakota. (Theses and Dissertations. 4481. https://commons.und.edu/theses/4481)

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Chuck Fennig, Tue, 2023-02-14 10:48

Dear Ian,

Thanks for this.

Actually, Robert Hedinger gave us the information on the location of Oroko [bdu] in Cameroon, citing personal communication with Dan Friesen. So, based on what you say here, I could add the source as "Friesen 2002." However, we generally do not cite sources for the locations of languages, since the location is not considered to be proprietary (ie. nobody "owns" that information).

We have no source for the dialect names, which is not unusual. We do not have a way in the database to put sources on language names or dialect names. We list all names that have been used for any given language, whether mistaken or pejorative, so that users can find the language they are searching for using any name that has been used.

I hope that this is helpful.

Blessings,

Chuck Fennig
Managing Editor, Ethnologue.

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