Malgbe

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
mxf
Alternate Names
Goulfei, Gulfe, Gulfei, Malbe, Malgwe, Ngwalkwe, Sanbalbe
Population

6,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004).

Location

Far North Region, Logone and Chari divisions, Chari river area, Goulfey and Goulfey subdivision, north of Kousseri. Also in Chad.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, North
Dialects

Douguia (Dugiya), Dro, Malgbe (Goulfei), Mara. Related to Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Mpade [mpi], Mser [kqx], and Lagwan [kot].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Malgbe
Writing
Unwritten.
Other Comments

‘Mandage’ is used by the Kotoko to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade, Afade, Maslam, Malgbe) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser and Lagwan). Muslim.

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