Mofu-Gudur | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | 90,000 (2008) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Mofu-Gudur Sign Language | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
mif |
Glottolog |
mofu1248 Mofu-Gudur
mofu1251 Mofu-Gudur Sign Language |
Mofu-Gudur, or South Mofu, is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Dimeo, Gudur, Massagal, Mokong, Njeleng, and Zidim.
Mofu-Gudur is spoken in the massifs south of the Tsanaga River as far as Mayo-Louti ( Mokong and Mofou cantons of Mokolo commune, Mayo-Tsanaga department, and Gawaza commune, Diamaré department, in the Far North Region) by 60,000 speakers. [2]
Speakers use an estimated 1,500 conventionalized gestures. These are used in story-telling and reciting history, but also in situations not conducive to speech; when children are born deaf, or people go deaf later in life, the members have a system of communication available that will allow them to communicate with the entire community.
Mofu-Gudur | |
---|---|
Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | 90,000 (2008) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
Mofu-Gudur Sign Language | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
mif |
Glottolog |
mofu1248 Mofu-Gudur
mofu1251 Mofu-Gudur Sign Language |
Mofu-Gudur, or South Mofu, is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Dimeo, Gudur, Massagal, Mokong, Njeleng, and Zidim.
Mofu-Gudur is spoken in the massifs south of the Tsanaga River as far as Mayo-Louti ( Mokong and Mofou cantons of Mokolo commune, Mayo-Tsanaga department, and Gawaza commune, Diamaré department, in the Far North Region) by 60,000 speakers. [2]
Speakers use an estimated 1,500 conventionalized gestures. These are used in story-telling and reciting history, but also in situations not conducive to speech; when children are born deaf, or people go deaf later in life, the members have a system of communication available that will allow them to communicate with the entire community.