- Kamwe language
language
name=Kamwe
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Nigeria
region=Adamawa State
speakers=300,000 (1992)
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=Biu-Mandara
fam4=A
fam5=A.3
iso3=higKamwe (also known as Higi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in
Adamawa State ,Nigeria . Dialects include Dakwa, Fali of Kiriya, Fali of Mijilu, Futu, Humsi, Modi, Nkafa, Sina, and Tili Pte. [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_language.asp?code=hig Ethnologue entry for Higi]
* Roger Mohrlang. 1972. "Higi Phonology". Studies in Nigerian Languages 2. Zaria: Institute of Linguistics and Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages.
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