South Giziga language
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| South Giziga | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | giz |
| Glottolog | sout3051 |
South Giziga is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Mi Mijivin, Muturami, and Rum.[1]
South Giziga (60,000 speakers) is spoken south of Maroua in the Diamaré plain around the small massifs of Loutou, Moutourwa, Midjivin, etc. (in Diamaré department, Maroua commune and Mayo-Kani department, communes of Mindif, Kaélé, and Moutourwa).[2]
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b South Giziga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
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