Biu–Mandara languages
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| Biu–Mandara | |
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| Central Chadic | |
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Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon |
| Linguistic classification: | Afro-Asiatic
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| Subdivisions: |
Biu–Mandara A
Biu–Mandara B
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The Biu–Mandara or Central Chadic languages of the Afro-Asiatic family are spoken in Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon.[1] The most widely spoken is Kamwe, with 300,000 speakers.
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[edit] Languages
The branches of Biu–Mandara go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format. Including the language count in Ethnologue, the constituent languages and language groups are:
- Biu–Mandara A (64 languages)
- A.1. Tera–Ga'anda (5)
- A.2. Bura–Marghi (8)
- A.3. Higi (4)
- A.4. Mandara–Lamang (10)
- A.5. Mafa–Mofu (18)
- A.6. Sukur (1)
- A.7. Daba (6)
- A.8. Bata–Bacama (12)
- Biu–Mandara B (13)
- B.1. Kotoko–Yedina (10)
- B.2. Musgu (3)
- Gidar (1)
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] References
- Central Chadic resources at africanlanguages.org
- Ethnologue entry for Biu–Mandara languages
[edit] External links
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