Gavar | |
Nativename: | Kortchi |
States: | Cameroon |
Region: | Far North Region, Cameroon |
Speakers: | 15,000 |
Date: | 2010 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam2: | Chadic |
Fam3: | Biu–Mandara |
Fam4: | Daba (A.7) |
Fam5: | North |
Iso3: | gou |
Glotto: | gava1241 |
Glottorefname: | Gavar |
Gavar (also known as Gawar, Gouwar, Gauar, Rtchi, Kortchi, Ma-Gavar) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in the Far North Region.
Gavar is spoken most of Gavar canton, through which the Mayo-Gawar River flows, and in Gadala in the southeast of Mokolo commune (Mayo-Tsanaga Department, Far North Region).[1]