Kamwe language
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| Kamwe | ||
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| Spoken in: | Nigeria | |
| Region: | Adamawa State | |
| Total speakers: | 300,000 (1992) | |
| Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu-Mandara A A.3 Kamwe |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | hig | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Kamwe (also known as Higi) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Dialects include Dakwa, Fali of Kiriya, Fali of Mijilu, Futu, Humsi, Modi, Nkafa, Sina, and Tili Pte. [1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] References
- Ethnologue entry for Higi
- Roger Mohrlang. 1972. Higi Phonology. Studies in Nigerian Languages 2. Zaria: Institute of Linguistics and Centre for the Study of Nigerian Languages.
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