Mser

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A language of Cameroon

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Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Kousséri subdivision.

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Language NameMser

Location

Chari-Baguirmi and Ville de N’Djamena regions; to Cameroon border.

Alternate Names

Klesem, Kotoko-Kuseri, Kousseri, Kuseri

Dialects

Mser (Kousseri, Msir), Kalo (Kalakafra), Gawi, Houlouf, Kabe.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Language Use

The people of Klesem village no longer speak Mser. Most shifting to Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Most shifting to Yerwa Kanuri [knc].

Other Comments

Mandage is used by the Kotoko (total population: 22,717, 1993 census) to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade [mpi], Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Malgbe [mxf]) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser and Lagwan [kot] as well). Muslim.

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