Margi South language
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Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
| Marghi South | |
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| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe State |
Native speakers | 170,000 (2006)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mfm |
| Glottolog | marg1266 |
Marghi South is a Chadic language of Nigeria. It is perhaps closer to Huba than it is to Margi.
References
- ^ Marghi South at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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| Bura–Higi |
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| Wandala (Mandara) (A.4) |
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| Mafa (A.5) |
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| Daba (A.7) |
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| Bata (Gbwata) (A.8) | |||||||||||||
| Mandage (Kotoko) (B.1) |
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