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Mbudum language

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Mbudum
Mbədam
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers
6,000 (2001)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xmd
Glottologmbed1242

Mbudum or Mbədam is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province.[1]

Distribution

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Mbedam is spoken northeast of Hina in Mokolo arrondissement (Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region). It has about 6,000 native speakers, which are decreasing.[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Mbudum at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ 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.