Vemgo-Mabas_language

Vemgo-Mabas language

Vemgo-Mabas language

Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon and Nigeria

Vemgo-Mabas is an Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon and Nigeria. Dialects are Vemgo, Mabas. Blench (2006) considers these to be separate languages. Ethnologue lists a third dialect, Visik in Nigeria, which is not well attested;[1] Blench suspects it may be a dialect of Lamang instead.[2]

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In Cameroon, Mabas is spoken only in one village on the Nigerian border, namely Mabas village (Mokolo arrondissement, Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region) by about 5,000 speakers (ALCAM 1984). Although closely related, Mabas is distinct from Hdi (78% lexical similarity, 36% mutual intelligibility).[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Vemgo-Mabas at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. [3]
    Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.


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