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Gavar

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: gou

Population	7,000 (2001 SIL).
Region	Far North Province, Mayo-Tsanaga Division, Mokolo Subdivision, Mogode Canton, Gawar area, south of Mokolo. One group of Gavar Hossere lives among Gavar-Fulfulde, and another isolated in mountains around Kortchi village.
Language map	Northern Cameroon, reference number 40
Alternate names	Gauar, Gawar, Gouwar, Kortchi, Ma-Gavar, Rtchi
Dialects	Lexical similarity: 90% with Buwal [bhs].
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.7
Language use	The Gavar Hossere speak Gavar; the Gavar Fulfulde speak Fulfulde [fub]. Home, village. Some also use French, Mofu-Gudur [mif], Mafa [maf], or Daba [dbq].
Comments	Agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

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

SEGUIN, Lawrence Marc, author. 1992. Enquête sociolinguistique sur le gavar (Enquête préliminaire).  

VILJOEN, Mélanie, author. 2009. Précis d'orthographe pour la langue gavar.