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Vemgo-Mabas

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3: vem

Population  10,000 in Nigeria (1993). Population total all countries: 15,000.
Region  Adamawa state, Michika LGA, Madagali District. Also in Cameroon.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 4, reference number 237
Dialects  Vemgo, Mabas, Visik (Vizik). 56% intelligibility with Lamang [hia], 36% intelligibility with Hide [xed]. Possibly intelligible with Mafa [maf]. Lexical similarity: 78% with Hide, 64% with Lamang, 50% with Gvoko [ngs].
Classification  Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.4, Lamang
Language use  Also use Fulfulde [fuv], Mafa, Hide, or Psikye [kvj].
Comments  ‘Maya’ may be an alternate name. Different from Maba of Chad. Pastoralists; agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Cameroon

Language name   Vemgo-Mabas
Population  5,000 in Cameroon (Dieu and Renaud 1983).
Region  Far North Province, Mayo-Tsanaga Division, Mabas village on Nigeria border northwest of Mokolo.
Language map  Northern Cameroon, reference number 18
Dialects  Vemgo, Mabas.
Language use  Some also use Mafa [maf], Lamang [kot], or Hdi [hdi].
Comments  Different from Maba of Chad. ‘Maya’ may be an alternate name.
 

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

HAMM, Cameron, author. 2004. A sociolinguistic survey of the Glavda, Cineni and Vemgo-Mabas languages of Cameroon and Nigeria (Rapid appraisal).  Available online