Wandala

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
mfi
Alternate Names
Mandara, Mandara Montagnard, Ndara
Population

23,500 in Cameroon (1982 SIL). Population total all countries: 43,500.

Location

Far North Region, Mayo-Sava division, east of Mora, north and northwest in a semicircle, to Nigeria border. Also in Nigeria.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.4, Mandara Proper, Mandara
Dialects

Gamargu (Gamergou, Gamergu, Malgo, Malgwa), Gwanje, Jampalam, Kamburwama, Masfeima, Mazagwa, Mura (Duwe, Kirdi-Mora, Mora Brousse, Mora Massif), Wandala (Mandara), Ziogba.

Language Use

Vigorous. The Vame speak it as L2. All domains. Positive attitudes. Some also use French [fra] or Fulfulde [fub].

Language Development
200–300 read Wandala. Grammar. NT: 1988.
Writing
Latin script.
Other Comments

Muslim.

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