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Chadic language of northern Cameroon
Mofu-Gudur, or South Mofu, is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Dimeo, Gudur, Massagal, Mokong, Njeleng, and Zidim.
Mofu-Gudur is spoken in the massifs south of the Tsanaga River as far as Mayo-Louti (Mokong and Mofou cantons of Mokolo commune, Mayo-Tsanaga department, and Gawaza commune, Diamaré department, in the Far North Region) by 60,000 speakers.[2]
Speakers use an estimated 1,500 conventionalized gestures. These are used in story-telling and reciting history, but also in situations not conducive to speech; when children are born deaf, or people go deaf later in life, the members have a system of communication available that will allow them to communicate with the entire community.
- ^ Mofu-Gudur 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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Tera (A.1) | |
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Bura–Higi | Bura–Marghi (A.2) | |
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Higi (A.3) | |
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Others | |
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Wandala (Mandara) (A.4) | |
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Mafa (A.5) | Northeast | |
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South (A) | |
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South (B) | |
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South (C) | |
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South (D) | |
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Others | |
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Daba (A.7) | |
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Bata (Gbwata) (A.8) | |
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Mandage (Kotoko) (B.1) | |
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East– Central | Munjuk (B.2) | |
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Mida'a (< B.1) | |
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Others | |
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Others | |
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