Chadic language spoken in Nigeria
Marghi South | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe State |
Native speakers | 170,000 (2006)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mfm |
Glottolog | marg1266 |
Marghi South is a Chadic language of Nigeria. It is perhaps closer to Huba than it is to Margi.
References
- ^ Marghi South at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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National languages | |
Recognised languages | |
Indigenous languages | |
Sign languages | |
Immigrant languages | |
Scripts |
Tera (A.1) | |||||||||||||
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Bura–Higi |
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Wandala (Mandara) (A.4) |
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Mafa (A.5) |
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Daba (A.7) |
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Bata (Gbwata) (A.8) | |||||||||||||
Mandage (Kotoko) (B.1) |
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East– Central |
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Others | |||||||||||||
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages |