Vemgo-Mabas language

Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon and Nigeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vemgo-Mabas is an Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon and Nigeria. Dialects are Vemgo, Mabas. Blench (2006) considers these to be separate languages. Ethnologue lists a third dialect, Visik in Nigeria, which is not well attested;[1] Blench suspects it may be a dialect of Lamang instead.[2]

NativetoNigeria, Cameroon
Native speakers
(11,000 cited 1993–2004)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Dialects
  • Vemgo
  • Mabas
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Vemgo-Mabas
Native toNigeria, Cameroon
Native speakers
(11,000 cited 1993–2004)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Dialects
  • Vemgo
  • Mabas
Language codes
ISO 639-3vem
Glottologvemg1240
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In Cameroon, Mabas is spoken only in one village on the Nigerian border, namely Mabas village (Mokolo arrondissement, Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region) by about 5,000 speakers (ALCAM 1984). Although closely related, Mabas is distinct from Hdi (78% lexical similarity, 36% mutual intelligibility).[3]

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