Vemgo-Mabas language

Vemgo-Mabas
Vemgo-Mabas
Native to	Nigeria, Cameroon
Native speakers	(11,000 cited 1993–2004)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Wandala–Mafa Wandala (A.4) West Vemgo-Mabas; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Vemgo; Mabas;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vem
Glottolog	vemg1240

Vemgo-Mabas is an Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon and Nigeria. Dialects are Vemgo, Mabas. Blench (2006) considers these to be separate languages. Ethnologue lists a third dialect, Visik in Nigeria, which is not well attested;¹ Blench suspects it may be a dialect of Lamang instead.²

In Cameroon, Mabas is spoken only in one village on the Nigerian border, namely Mabas village (Mokolo arrondissement, Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region) by about 5,000 speakers (ALCAM 1984). Although closely related, Mabas is distinct from Hdi (78% lexical similarity, 36% mutual intelligibility).³

References

Vemgo-Mabas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
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.

[e18-1] Vemgo-Mabas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

[ALCAM2012-3] 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.

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