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Peere

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: pfe

Population  15,000 in Cameroon (1993).
Region  Northwestern Tignere Subdivision between Tignere and Nigeria border, Faro and Deo Division; northeast of Banyo, Mayo-Banyo Division, Adamawa Province. Also in Nigeria.
Language maps  Southeastern Cameroon, reference number 72
Northern Cameroon, reference number 72
Southwestern Cameroon, reference number 72
Alternate names   Kotofo, Kotopo, Kotpojo, Koutin, Koutine, Kutin, Kutine, Kutinn, Patapori, Peer, Pere, Potopo, Potopore
Dialects  Peer Muure, Zongbi (Djonbi), Dan Muure (Potopo, Kotopo, Kpotopo, Kotofo).
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Leko-Nimbari, Duru, Voko-Dowayo, Kutin
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1986.
Comments  ‘Peer’ is the name the people use for themselves. Primer. Traditional religion.

Also spoken in:

Nigeria

Language name   Peere
Population  Few in Nigeria.
Region  Adamawa state, Ganye LGA.
Alternate names  Kotofo, Kotopo, Kotpojo, Koutin, Kutin, Kutine, Kutinn, Pare, Patapori, Peer, Pere, Potopo, Potopore
Language use  Also use Fulfulde [fuv].
Comments  Peere speakers reportedly moved to Cameroon since Gashaka-Gumti National Park was created. Hunters. Muslim, traditional religion, Christian.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MBANJI, Bawe Ernest, illustrator; GFELLER, Elisabeth, editor. 1990. Multilingual Cameroon: Reader in Cameroonian languages = Cameroun multilingue: Lectures en langues camerounaises .