Mandara languages

Mandara languages

Infobox Language family
name=Mandara
region=Cameroon, Nigeria
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=Biu-Mandara
fam4=A
fam5=A.4
child1=Mandara
child2=Parkwa
child3=Glavda group

The Mandara languages belong to the Afro-Asiatic family and are spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria. [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=90828 Ethnologue entry for Mandara languages]


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