Gude language

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Gude
Spoken in: Nigeria, Cameroon 
Region: Adamawa State, Borno State; Far North Province, North Province
Total speakers: 96,000 (1987)
Language family: Afro-Asiatic
 Chadic
  Biu-Mandara
   A
    A.8
     Gude
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: –
ISO 639-3: gde
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode.

Gude is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in Mubi LGA and in Borno State in Askira-Uba LGA. It is also spoken in neighboring Cameroon. Different dialects are spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon. [1]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

[edit] References

  • Ethnologue entry for Gude
  • J.T. Hoskison. 1983. "A Grammar and Dictionary of the Gude Language," Ohio State University PhD dissertation.

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