Fania (Fagnan; also called Kulaale) is an
Adamawa language
The Adamawa languages are a putative family of 80–90 languages scattered across the Adamawa Plateau in central Africa, in Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, and Chad, spoken altogether by only one and a half million people (as of 19 ...
of
Chad. The northern and southern dialects are rather divergent.
Names
''Fania'' is an exonym. Speakers refer to their own language as ''Kulaale'', their people as ''
Kulaaway'', and one person as ''Kulaanu''.
[Lionnet, Florian]
Chadic languages
Names listed in Boyeldieu, et al. (2018:56):
[Boyeldieu, Pascal, Raimund Kastenholz, Ulrich Kleinewillinghöfer & Florian Lionnet (2018). The Bua Group languages (Chad, Adamawa 13): A comparative perspective. In Kramer & Kießling (eds.), ''Current approaches to Adamawa and Gur languages''. Cologne: 2018, 53-126.]
*Autonym in
Khalil Alio: Ɛma
ma/ pl. Ɛiwɛ
ɪwɛ*Autonym in
Tilé Nougar: Kulaanum
ʊ̀láːnʊ́m/ pl. Kulaaway
ʊ̀láːwɐ̀y*Glossonym: Kulaale
ʊ̀láːlɛ̀/ pl. Kulaaru
ʊ̀láːɽʊ̀
Villages
''Ethnologue'' (22nd ed.) lists Karo, Malakonjo, Rim, Sengué, and Sisi villages (
Mouraye
Mouraye is a sub-prefecture of Salamat Region
Salamat is one of the 23 regions of Chad, located in the south-east of the country. The region's capital is Am Timan. It corresponds to the former prefecture of the same name.
Geography
Sala ...
area north of
Sarh) as Fania locations. Lionnet also lists the village of Tili Nugar (Tilé Nougar).
References
{{Adamawa languages
Languages of Chad
Bua languages