Gude language

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Gude
Cheke
Native toNigeria, Cameroon
RegionAdamawa State, Borno State; Far North Province, North Province
Native speakers
(90,000 cited 1987–1992)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3gde
Glottologgude1246

Gude is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in Mubi LGA and in Borno State in Askira-Uba LGA. It is also spoken in neighboring Cameroon. Different dialects are spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon.[1]

Gude is spoken in the southern part of Bourrha commune (Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region) and the western end of Mayo-Oulo district (Mayo-Louti department, North Region). It is spoken by about 28,000 people.[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Gude at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Volume 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069. |volume= has extra text (help)

References[]

  • J.T. Hoskison. 1983. "A Grammar and Dictionary of the Gude Language," Ohio State University PhD dissertation.
  • René Canac Marquis. 1987. Word orders in Gude and the VSO Parameter. in Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, Current progress in Chadic linguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.


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