Wandala language
Wandala, mañu mọru Mandara or Mura', ichi iche efu Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, kumaka efu Cameroon manyu Nigeria.[1]
Geographic distribution
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Wandara nè ogwu nyumèta nyejinyoje abo kumakichi Northern Cameroon and 20,000 speakers in Nigeria.[1]
Efu Cameroon, Wandala chichi kumaka efu Mora manyu abo kidogbegbele (in the Mora massif and surrounding plains) by about 23,500 speakers. It is also the lingua franca of the entire department of Mayo-Sava, by ethnic groups of the northern Mandara Mountains.[2]
Dialects
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]Ichi Mura chichi kikoji an archaic form of the Wandala language. Ichi Mura ichichi abo kuma chọwọn. "Kirdi-Mora" abo kuma dodo efu Mora massif.[2]
Ichi Malgwa chichi kichèdatè.[1] oñu chichi kumaka fo'o efu north of Mora (in Kolofata district) by a mixture of Kanuri, Fula, and Arab populations.[2]
References
[nwọ́che | nwó étéwn che]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frajzyngier, Zygmunt (2012). A grammar of Wandala. De Gruyter Mouton.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
Éwn malábó:Languages of Nigeria Éwn malábó:Biu–Mandara languages
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