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Buwal

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: bhs

Population	7,000 (2001 SIL).
Region	Far North Province, Mayo-Tsanaga Division, Mokolo Subdivision, Gadala area, south of Mokolo.
Language map	Northern Cameroon, reference number 41
Alternate names	Bual, Gadala, Ma Buwal
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 90% with Gavar [gou].
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.7
Language use	All domains. Also use some Fulfulde or French.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BRYE, Edward, author. 2002. "Intelligibility testing and lexicostatistics of Buwal and Gavar."  

DELI, Benjamin; KONAI, Pascal; KOYANG, Ernest; MBOUVAI, François; VILJOEN, Mélanie; VILJOEN, Michael, authors. 2009. Précis d'orthographe pour la langue buwal.  

SEGUIN, Lawrence Marc, author. 1992. A sociolinguistic survey of Buwal (Gadala) (Rapid appraisal).  

VILJOEN, Melanie, author. 2009. A phonology of Buwal.  

VILJOEN, Melanie, author. 2012. The Buwal Verb Phrase.