Mafa (language)
| Mafa | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Cameroon Nigeria (North) |
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| speaker | 140.190 | |
| Linguistic classification |
Afro-Asian
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
maf |
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The Mafa (or cheat Matakam,) is a Chadian language , in North Cameroon in the department of Mayo-Tsanaga and in Nigeria in the state of Borno is spoken.
classification
Mafa is a Chadian Biu-Mandara language and, like the other languages of the Chadian language group, belongs to the family of Afro-Asian languages .
Phonology
The phonology of the Mafa is typical of the Chadian languages.
Vowels
Long vowels exist in limited numbers.
Audio language
The Mafa is a tonal language . It has two different pitches: high and low.
swell
- Barreteau, Daniel et Yves Le Bleis, Lexique mafa, Langue de la famille tchadique parlée au Cameroun , Études tchadiques, Paris, Geuthner-Orstom, 1990, ISBN 2-7053-0624-2
Individual evidence
- ↑ Selon Ethnologue.com
- ↑ Barreteau et Le Bleis, 1990, p. 27.
- ↑ Barreteau et Le Bleis, 1990.