Kwaja

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
kdz
User Population

5,500 (2005 SIL).

Location

North West region: Donga-Mantung division, Nkambe subdivision.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Bantoid, Southern, Wide Grassfields, Narrow Grassfields, Mbam-Nkam, Nkambe
Dialects

Ndaktup, Bitui (Bitwi), Ncha. Possibly intelligible with other Mfumte languages.

Language Use

Used by all. Many also use Cameroon Pidgin [wes]. Some also use English [eng], as language of public education.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kwaja
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].

Other Comments

Consider themselves ethnically Mfumte.