A New Committee to Give Leadership to the Njyem

Yesterday, Dec. 23, Mary and I returned from the Njyem city of Ngoyla, Cameroon, where we spent 10 days. We introduced the Njyem language committee to the new orthography for their language that we designed and encourage them to try. It is available to anyone with interest in such things at my public drop box, as is described here. On the 18th the language committee board was elected. The President is Aimé Mbɨ. He and the others of his board have a 2-year mandate. Their positions do not entitle them to any salaries. The name of the language committee is CODELAN: Comité de développement de la langue njyem. The authorities of Ngoyla were not physically present during the meeting, but they were invited and gave us a public place to meet in. The committee will meet again in January to approve an action plan. We are going to write a training manual as fast as possible to assist them in meeting their goals.