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(Redirected from Mbédam language) Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon
Mbudum
Mbədam
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers6,000 (2001)
Language familyAfro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3xmd
Glottologmbed1242

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

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.

Notes

  1. ^ Mbudum at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  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
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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