Afade

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
aal
Alternate Names
Afadeh, Affade, Mandagué
User Population

5,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004).

Location

Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, south Makari subdivision, Afade area.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, North
Dialects

None known. Related to Mpade [mpi], Maslam [msv], Malgbe [mxf], Mser [kqx], and Lagwan [kot].

Typology

27 consonant and 9 vowel phonemes.

Language Use

Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Some also use French [fra], as language of public education. Used as L2 by Musgu [mug], Shuwa Arabic [shu].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Afade
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other 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 as well). Muslim.

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