Kali is a presumably moribund

Mbum Mbum Proper (also Mboum, Buna, Mboumtiba and Wuna) is a Adamawa–Ubangi language of Central Africa. It is spoken by about people in Cameroon and the Central African Republic. History The Mbum language is spoken by the Mbum people who inhabit ...

language of northern

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or the

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Distribution

Kali, or ''Kali-Dek'', is found in scattered areas throughout the eastern part of

Vina department Vina Department is a department (''département'') of the Adamawa Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 17,196 km and as of 2001 had a total population of 247,427. The capital of the department lies at Ngaoundéré. Subd ...

( Belel commune), in the eastern part of the communes of

Ngaoundéré Ngaoundéré, or N'Gaoundéré (Fula: N'gamdere 𞤲'𞤺𞤢𞤥𞤣𞤫𞥅𞤪𞤫𞥅) is the capital of the Adamawa Region of Cameroon. It had a population of 152,700 at the 2005 census. According to the film ''Les Mairuuwas – Maitre de l'e ...

(

, Adamawa Region) and

Meiganga Meiganga (Fula: Meiganga 𞤥𞤫𞤭𞤺𞤢𞤲𞤺𞤢) is a town in the Adamawa Province of Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a co ...

( Mbere department, Adamawa Region), and the northern part of Lom-et-Djerem department (

Garoua-Boulaï Garoua-Boulaï (or Garoua-Boulay) is a town and commune in Cameroon. The town is on the border with the Central African Republic. Across the border, the nearest CAR settlement accessible by road is Baboua. Refugees In 2014, the town was severe ...

and

Bétaré-Oya Bétaré-Oya is a town and commune in Cameroon. See also * Communes of Cameroon The Arrondissements of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. The arrondissements are organised by divisions and sub divisions of e ...

communes, Eastern Region). It is spoken by 7,438 speakers.

References

*Roger Blench, 2004
List of Adamawa languages
(ms) Languages of Cameroon Mbum languages {{AtlanticCongo-lang-stub