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Mefele language

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Mefele
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers
11,000 (2002)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3mfj
Glottologmefe1242

Mefele is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Mefele, Muhura, Serak, and Shugule. Blench (2006) considers Shugule (Shügule) a separate language.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ Mefele at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)