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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Cameroon > Mser

Mser

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: kqx

Population  500 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). 500 all Mser (Tourneux 2004).
Region  Far North Province, Logone-and-Chari Division, Kousseri Subdivision. Also in Chad.
Language map  Northern Cameroon, reference number 8
Alternate names   Kotoko-Kuseri, Kouseri, Kousseri, Kuseri
Dialects  Shewe (Mani), Mpade (Makari), Bodo, Woulki, Digam. Comprehension of Lagwan [kot] is marginal. Related to Lagwan, Afade [aal], Malgbe [mxf], Maslam [msv], Mpade [mpi].
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, South
Language use  In rapid decline (Tourneux 2004).
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 [kqx] and Lagwan). Muslim.

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Chad

Language name   Mser
Region  Town of N’Djaména, Cameroon border near N’Djaména.
Language map  Southwestern Chad, reference number 32
Alternate names  Klesem, Kotoko-Kuseri, Kousseri, Kuseri
Dialects  Mser (Kousseri, Msir), Kalo (Kalakafra), Gawi, Houlouf, Kabe.
Language use  The people of Klesem village no longer speak Mser. Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu] or Kanuri [knc].
Comments  The term ’Mandage’ is used by the Kotoko (total population: 22,717–1993 Census) to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade, Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Malgbe [mxf]) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser [kqx] and Lagwan [kot] as well). Muslim.