Fali of Mubi
Fali | |
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Fali of Mubi | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Adamawa State |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2010)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | fli |
Glottolog | fali1285 |
Fali, or Fali of Mubi after the local city, is a Chadic dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria, in Adamawa State in the Mubi North and Michika LGAs. It is one of several languages in the area that go by the generic name Fali.
Varieties[]
- Ɓween (Bagira). Autonyms Uramɓween (language), Cumɓween (people)
- Huli (Bahuli). Autonyms Urahuli (language), Huli, Hul (people)
- Madzarin (Muchalla). Autonyms Ura Madzarin (language), Madzarin (people)
- Vin (Vimtim). Autonyms Uroovin (language), Uvin (people)
Notes[]
- ^ Fali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, An Atlas of Nigerian languages, ed. 3, 2004
- ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
Categories:
- Languages of Nigeria
- Biu-Mandara languages
- Biu-Mandara language stubs
- Nigeria stubs