Fania
A language of Chad
| Population | 1,100 (1997 SIL). |
| Region | Guéra region, Barh Signaka Department, Melfi Subprefecture, west of Lake Iro; north of Sarh, Mouraye area, Sengué, Malakonjo, Rim, Sisi, Karo villages. |
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Southwestern Chad, reference number 73 |
| Alternate names | Fagnia, Fana, Fanian, Fanya, Fanyan, Kobe, Mana |
| Dialects | Northern Fania, Southern Fania. A separate language from Bua [bub]. Lexical similarity: 79% between dialects. |
| Classification | Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Mbum-Day, Bua |
| Language use | Vigorous. Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. |
| Comments | Traditional religion, Muslim. |
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