Maɗa is a
Chadic language spoken in northern
Cameroon. It has 17,000 speakers.
The Maɗa (17,000 speakers) inhabit the Maɗa massif, on the eastern edge of the
Mandara Mountains, between the
Wuzlam massif to the north and the Zélgwa massif to the south. They live in the canton of
Madakalkoss, arrondissement of
Tokombéré
Tokombéré is a town and commune in Cameroon. The town has approximately 10,000 inhabitants and the commune approximately 80,000. Surrounded by rocky hills, Tokombéré is a crossroads for multiple ethnic groups, including the Mada, Muyang, ...
, department of
Mayo-Sava
Mayo-Sava is a department of Extreme-Nord Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 2,736 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 348,890. The capital of the department is at Mora.
Subdivisions
The department is di ...
, Far North Region.
Vowels
Maɗa has seven vowels.
Consonants
Maɗa has 25 consonants in total, including implosives, lateral fricatives, and prenasalized stops.
Notes
References
* Daniel Barreteau & André Brunet. 2000. ''Dictionnaire mada''. Berlin: Reimer.
* http://pbase.phon.chass.ncsu.edu/language/322
Biu-Mandara languages
Languages of Cameroon
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