Malgbe language

Malgbe
Malgbe
Gulfey
Native to	Cameroon, Chad
Region	Far North Province, Cameroon; west Chad
Native speakers	6,000 in Cameroon (2004)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Kotoko (B.1) North Malgbe; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mxf
Glottolog	malg1250

Malgbe is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects are Douguia, Dro, Malgbe, Mara, and Walia.^[1]

Malgbe is spoken in Goulfey commune and also to the south in Chari (Logone-et-Chari department, Far North region). It is related to Afade, Mser, Lagwan, Maslam, and Mpade. Malgbe is also spoken in Chad. The total population is estimated at 36,000 speakers.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Malgbe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ 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.