Mbudum language

Mbudum
Mbudum
Mbədam
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Far North Province
Native speakers	6,000 (2001)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Daba (A.7) South Mbudum; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	xmd
Glottolog	mbed1242

Mbudum or Mbədam is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province.^[1]

Distribution

Mbedam is spoken northeast of Hina in Mokolo arrondissement (Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region). It has about 6,000 native speakers, which are decreasing.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Mbudum at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ 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.