• Mafa is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and Northern Nigeria by the Mafa people. Mafa is widely spoken in the department of Mayo-Tsanaga...
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    classifications. The greatest changes are breaking up and reassigning the languages of the old Mafa branch (A.5) and Mandage (Kotoko) branch (B.1). South South Bata...
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    The Mafa belong to the Chadic language grouping. They speak the Mafa language, with three different dialects: Mafa-west, Mafa-centre and Mafa-east....
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  • Mafa is a local government area of Borno State, Nigeria. Mafa or MAFA may also refer to: MAFA (Mast cell function-associated antigen), a type II membranal...
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    Demographics of Cameroon (category Articles containing French-language text)
    of Cameroon, Mafa Language Arab Shuwa (an Arab dialect) and is spoken by the Baggara Arabs (also called Arab Shuwa). Indigenous languages of Cameroon include:...
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  • neighboring Nigerian markets, whereas in Cameroon, the Wandala language and Mafa language are preferred in the area. Glavda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)...
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    Retrieved 2020-10-10. "Mofu, North". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-10-10. "Mafa". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-09-27. "Makaa". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2020-09-27...
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  • separate language. The speakers of the Mefele language (more than 10,000 speakers) are often included with the Mafa people by the Cameroonian government. However...
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    Gwoza (category Language articles citing Ethnologue 25)
    language, Cineni language, Dghwede language, Glavda language, Guduf-Gava language, Gvoko language, Lamang language, Mafa Language, and Waja language are...
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    Kirdi (section Mafa)
    speak the Mafa language of the Chadic language family. The Mofu people primarily exist in the extreme North Province of Cameroon. Their languages are separate...
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    The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic, sometimes Afrasian), also known as Hamito-Semitic or Semito-Hamitic, are a language family (or "phylum") of...
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  • consonants /fʼ/ /v/ /f/ /v/ in Kabardian, for example the Kabardian words мафӏэ [maːfʼa] "fire", зэвы [zavə] "narrow", фыз [fəz] "wife" and вакъэ [vaːqa] "shoe"...
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    is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. The highly endangered Baka is either a dialect or a closely related language. The Melokwo (8,500...
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  • Shikewe watershed. These sites get their name Diy-Gid-Biy from the Mafa language, which can be translated as "place of chiefly residence." There are...
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  • Zulgo-Gemzek is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Gemzek, Mineo, and Zulgo (Zəlgwa). Blench (2006) considers Zəlgwa-Minew...
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  • Vame or Pelasla is an Afroasiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Dəmwa (Dume?), Hurza, Mayo-Plata (Pəlasla, Gwendele), Mbərem (Vame-Mbreme)...
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  • Lotin Luo language (Atta) Loum, Cameroon Lycée Leclerc Daniel Maa Boumsong Mada language (Cameroon) David Sydney Maddicott Wes Madiko Mafa language Herman...
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  • Ɗugwor is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Blench (2006) considers Mikere dialect to be a separate language. The Dugwor have historically...
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  • Guduf-Gava (also known as Gudupe, Afkabiye) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Borno State, Nigeria. In a 2006 paper, Roger Blench classified Cineni...
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    Women in brewing (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    women of the Mafa people brew bilbil – called dong-long in the Tupuri language, uzum in the Giziga language, and zom in the Mafa language – from millet...
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  • Wuzlam, also called Uldeme (Ouldémé), is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Chadic branch. It is spoken in northern Cameroon. The Wuzlam (10,500 speakers)...
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    Mokolo (section Languages)
    Mafa peoples dominate the Mokolo area. Historically, the Mafa were the earlier inhabitants. When the Fulani came through the area, many of the Mafa dispersed...
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  • lead to syllable-final consonants in the language, which has an underlying all-open syllable system. ⫽mafa⫽ ('eyes') + ⫽huhu⫽ ('take off') → /mafhuhu/...
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  • South Giziga is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Mi Mijivin, Muturami, and Rum. South Giziga (60,000 speakers) is spoken...
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  • Parkwa (Parəkwa), also Podoko, is an Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon. The Parekwa traditionally inhabit the Parekwa massifs, located to the west and...
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  • Wandala, also known as Mandara or Mura', is a language in the Chadic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria. Wandara...
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  • Matal, also known as Muktele and Balda, is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. The Matal inhabit the western edge of the Mandara Mountains...
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  • by Clive Cockburn Audy Kimura Distributed by PBS other international Release date 2004 Running time 87 minutes Country Fiji Languages Rotuman English...
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  • North Giziga is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. North Giziga (20,000 speakers) is spoken in the Tchéré and Mogazang massifs and the...
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  • Abu Walid al-Masri (category Articles containing Arabic-language text)
    Arabs at War in Afghanistan. Since 2009, Hamid has run a website called 'Mafa'. Since leaving Qatar in 2016 he has returned to living in Tehran, Iran....
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