Sharwa language

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Sharwa
Spoken in: Cameroon 
Region: Far North Province
Total speakers: 5,100 (2000)
Language family: Afro-Asiatic
 Chadic
  Biu-Mandara
   A
    A.8
     Sharwa
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: swq

Sharwa (also known as Tchevi, Sherwin, Sarwaye) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province. There are signs of language shift to Fulfulde. [1]

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

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