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Mbudum language

Mbudum or Mbədam is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province.

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Mbudum
Mbədam
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers
(6,000 cited 2001)1
Language codes
ISO 639-3xmd
Glottologmbed1242

Mbudum or Mbədam is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province.1

Distribution

Mbedam is spoken northeast of Hina in Mokolo arrondissement (Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region). It has about 6,000 native speakers, which are decreasing.2

Notes

Notes

  1. Mbudum at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.