Malgbe

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
mxf
Alternate Names
Goulfei, Gulfe, Gulfei, Malbe, Malgwe, Ngwalkwe, Sanbalbe
User Population

6,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004).

Location

Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Goulfey subdivision, Chari river area north of Kousseri.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

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

Malgbe (Goulfei), Mara, Dro, Douguia (Dugiya). Related to Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Mpade [mpi], Mser [kqx], and Lagwan [kot].

Language Use

Some also use French [fra], as language of public education. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Malgbe
Writing

Latin script [Latn], developed in 1999, experimental usage.

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). Muslim.

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