South Giziga is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Mi Mijivin, Muturami, and Rum.[1]
South Giziga | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1991)[1] |
Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | giz |
Glottolog | sout3051 |
South Giziga (60,000 speakers) is spoken south of Maroua in the Diamaré plain around the small massifs of Loutou, Moutourwa, Midjivin, etc. (in Diamaré department, Maroua commune and Mayo-Kani department, communes of Mindif, Kaélé, and Moutourwa).[2]
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Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages |
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