Mazagway (Musgoy; also known as Mazagway-Hidi) is a Chadic language spoken in Cameroon, in North Province and Far North Province. Blench (2006) classifies it as a dialect of Daba.[2]
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Native to | Cameroon |
Region | North Province, Far North Province |
Native speakers | (17,000 cited 1997)[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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ISO 639-3 | dkx |
Glottolog | maza1304 |
Mazagway or Mazagway Hidi is spoken in the Mousgoy region in the northern part of Guider commune (Mayo-Louti department, North Region) and in the south of the commune of Hina (Mayo-Tsanaga, Far North Region). It is closely related to Daba, which was formerly considered to be a dialect of Mazagway.[3]
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Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages |
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