Mafa language
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| Mafa | |
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| Mafahay | |
| Native to | Cameroon, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Seire Leone, Sudan |
| Region | Far North Province, Borno State, Adamawa State |
Native speakers | 2000000 (2005)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | maf |
| Glottolog | mafa1239 |
Mafa is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and Northern Nigeria by the Mafa people.
Notes
- ^ Mafa 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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Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages | |||||||||||||
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