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North Giziga is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon.[1]

North Giziga
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1982)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
  • Chadic
    • Biu–Mandara
      • Wandala–Mafa
        • Mafa (A.5)
          • South (c)
            • North Giziga
Language codes
ISO 639-3gis
Glottolognort3047

North Giziga (20,000 speakers) is spoken in the Tchéré and Mogazang massifs and the neighboring plains (Dogba) located north of Maroua (in Tchéré, Godola, and Mambang cantons, Meri commune, Diamaré department, Far North Region). The inhabitants of the Tchéré massif, sometimes called "Mofous de Tchéré", have adopted the Giziga language, although an ancient "Tchéré" language may have been spoken in the past.[2]

The speakers of South Giziga call North Giziga "Giziga tókó-tókó", from tókó "is that not", which the South Giziga pronounce [takwa].[2]


Notes


  1. North Giziga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  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.


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