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A language of
Cameroon
Location
Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, south of Lake Chad, Makari area.
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Chad
Language Name
Mpade
Location
Hadjer-Lamis region: Haraze Al Biar department, Mani subprefecture, south of Lake Chad; N’Djamena town; Mani area on Logone river, north of N’Djamena.
Alternate Names
Kotoko-Makari, Makari
Dialects
Makari, Bodo, Woulki, Digam.
Language Status
6b* (Threatened).
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, Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Malgbe [mxf]) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser [kqx] and Lagwan [kot] as well).
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