Vemgo-Mabas language
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| Vemgo-Mabas | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria, Cameroon |
Native speakers | (11,000 cited 1993–2004)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vem |
| Glottolog | vemg1240 |
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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]
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]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Vemgo-Mabas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
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