The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: MFL
ISO 639-2: afa
| Population | Few speakers. |
| Region | Borno State, Damboa LGA. |
| Alternate names | MARGHI WEST |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.2, 1. |
| Comments | Bilingualism in Kanuri. The language is dying out in favor of Kanuri, but the ethnic population is large. Nearly extinct. |
