Fali of Mubi

Fali
Fali
Fali of Mubi
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State
Native speakers	25,000 (2010)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bata (A.8) Fali; ; ; ;
Dialects	Uroovin (Fali of Vimtim); Bahuli (Fali of Bahuli); Madzarin (Fali of Muchalla); Uramɓwiin (Fali of Bagira);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fli
Glottolog	fali1285

Fali, or Fali of Mubi after the local city, is an Chadic dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria, in Adamawa State in the Mubi North and Michika LGAs. It is one of several languages in the area that go by the generic name Fali.

Varieties are:^[2]

Ɓween (Bagira). Autonyms Uramɓween (language), Cumɓween (people)

Huli (Bahuli). Autonyms Urahuli (language), Huli, Hul (people)

Madzarin (Muchalla). Autonyms Ura Madzarin (language), Madzarin (people)

Vin (Vimtim). Autonyms Uroovin (language), Uvin (people)

Notes

^ Fali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Blench, An Atlas of Nigerian languages, ed. 3, 2004

This article about a Biu-Mandara language is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This Nigeria-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[e18-1] Fali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Blench, An Atlas of Nigerian languages, ed. 3, 2004

[1]

[2]