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Guduf-Gava

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3: gdf

Population  55,900 (2000).
Region  Borno state, Gwoza LGA, mainly Gava, Cikide, and Guduf.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 4, reference number 231
Alternate names   Afkabiye, Gudupe
Dialects  Cikide (Chikide), Guduf, Gava (Yaghwatadaxa, Yawotataxa). Similar to Glavda [glw]. Hide [xed]; 35% intelligibility with Guduf-Gava. Wolff (1971) separates Guduf-Gava from Gvoko [ngs] and Glavda. Lexical similarity: 56% with Hide, 50% with Lamang [hia] and Mabas [vem].
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.4, Mandara Proper, Glavda
Language development  Bible portions: 1966.

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Academic Publications

HAMM, Cameron, author. 2004. A sociolinguistic survey of the Gvoko and Guduf languages of Cameroon and Nigeria (Rapid appraisal).  Available online