Ethnologue

Fali, South

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Fali

Population

20,000 (1982 SIL).

Location

North region: Bénoué division, northeast of Garoua, Pitoa subdivision, south of Dembo, Hossere Bapara area, Hossere Toro, Ndoudja, and Tsolaram.

Language Maps

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Fali-Tinguelin (Mango, Ndoudja, Ram, Toro), Kangou (Fali Kangou, Kaang, Kangu), Bele (Fali du Bele-Fere, Fali-Bele, Ngoutchoumi).

Language Development

NT: 1975.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Different from North Fali [fll], Fali of Baissa [fah], or Fali [fli] of Nigeria and Cameroon, which is Chadic.