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(Redirected from Gélvaldaxa language) Chadic language spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon
Glavda
Galvaxdaxa
Native toNigeria, Cameroon
RegionBorno State; Far North Province
Native speakers29,000 (2024)
Language familyAfro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3glw
Glottologglav1244

Glavda (also known as Galavda, Gelebda, Glanda, Guelebda, Galvaxdaxa) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Borno State, Nigeria and in Far North Province, Cameroon.

The Gelvaxdaxa community is very small in Cameroon (about 2,800 speakers). The language, also called Guélebda, is spoken around the village of the same name, located on the border with Nigeria, south of the town of Ashigashia (arrondissement of Mayo-Moskota, department of Mayo-Tsanaga, Far North Region). It is more common in neighboring Nigerian markets, whereas in Cameroon, the Wandala language and Mafa language are preferred in the area.

Notes

  1. ^ Glavda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 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.
Languages of Cameroon
Official languages
Major languages
Pidgins
Indigenous languages
Sign languages
Immigrant languages
See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages
Languages of Nigeria
Official languages
National languages
Recognised languages
Indigenous languages
Indigenous languages (grouped by Nigerian state)
Adamawa
Akwa Ibom
Bauchi
Bayelsa
Benue
Borno
Cross River
Delta
Edo
Gombe
Jigawa
Kaduna
Kano
Kebbi
Kogi
Kwara
Nasarawa
Niger
Ondo
Plateau
Rivers
Taraba
Yobe
Sign languages
Immigrant languages
Scripts
Biu–Mandara languages
Tera (A.1)
Bura–Higi
Bura–Marghi (A.2)
Higi (A.3)
Others
Wandala
(Mandara) (A.4)
East
West
Others
Mafa (A.5)
Northeast
South (A)
South (B)
South (C)
South (D)
Others
Daba (A.7)
North
South
Bata
(Gbwata) (A.8)
Mandage
(Kotoko) (B.1)
North
South
Others
East–
Central
Munjuk (B.2)
Mida'a (< B.1)
Others
Others
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages


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