Kotoko languages

Kotoko languages

Infobox Language family
name=Kotoko
region=Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=Biu-Mandara
fam4=Biu-Mandara B
fam5=Biu-Mandara B.1
child1=Afade
child2=Lagwan
child3=Malgbe
child4=Maslam
child5=Mpade
child6=Mser
The Kotoko languages are mainly spoken in Far North Province, Cameroon, as well as in Borno State, Nigeria, and neighboring regions of western Chad. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

Notes

References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90464 Ethnologue entry for Kotoko languages]


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