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Malgbe

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: mxf

Population  6,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004).
Region  Far North Province, Logone-and-Chari Division, Chari River area, Goulfey and Goulfey Subdivision, north of Kousseri. Also in Chad.
Language map  Northern Cameroon, reference number 5
Alternate names   Goulfei, Gulfe, Gulfei, Malbe, Malgwe, Ngwalkwe, Sanbalbe
Dialects  Malgbe (Goulfei), Mara, Dro, Douguia (Dugiya). Related to Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Mpade [mpi], Mser [kqx], Lagwan [kot].
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, North
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 and Lagwan). Muslim.

Also spoken in:

Chad

Language name   Malgbe
Region  West, Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture, N’Djamena Subprefecture, north of N’Djamena along the Chari River. Douguia, Malalie, and Oulio (Walia) villages, and others.
Language map  Southwestern Chad, reference number 29
Alternate names  Goulfei, Goulfey, Gulfei, Kotoko-Gulfei, Malbe, Malgwe, Ngwalkwe, Sanbalbe
Dialects  Goulfey, Walia, Mara, Douguia.
Comments  Related to other Kotoko ethnic and linguistic groups: Afade [aal], Lagwan [kot], Maslam [msv], Mpade [mpi], Mser [kqx], and Jilbe [jie] (of Nigeria).