Malgbe language
Appearance
Malgbe | |
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Gulfey | |
Native to | Cameroon,Chad |
Region | Far North Province,Cameroon; west Chad |
Native speakers | 6,000 in Cameroon (2004)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mxf |
Glottolog | malg1250 |
Malgbeis anAfro-Asiaticlanguage spoken in northernCameroonand southwesternChad.Dialects are Douguia, Dro, Malgbe, Mara, and Walia.[1]
Malgbe is spoken inGoulfeycommune and also to the south in Chari (Logone-et-Charidepartment, Far North region). It is related to Afade, Mser, Lagwan, Maslam, and Mpade. Malgbe is also spoken in Chad. The total population is estimated at 36,000 speakers.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^abMalgbeatEthnologue(18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
- ^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.ISBN9789956796069.