Vemgo-Mabas | |
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Native to | Nigeria, Cameroon |
Native speakers | (11,000 cited 1993–2004) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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ISO 639-3 |
vem |
Glottolog |
vemg1240 |
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]
Vemgo-Mabas | |
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Native to | Nigeria, Cameroon |
Native speakers | (11,000 cited 1993–2004) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
vem |
Glottolog |
vemg1240 |
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]