Gude is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

Adamawa State Adamawa state () is a state in the North-East geopolitical zone of Nigeria, bordered by Borno to the northwest, Gombe to the west, and Taraba to the southwest, while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon. It tak ...

in Mubi LGA and in Borno State in Askira-Uba LGA. It is also spoken in neighboring

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

. Different dialects are spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon. 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.

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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. Biu-Mandara languages Languages of Nigeria Languages of Cameroon {{Cameroon-stub