Mazagway | |
States: | Cameroon |
Region: | North Province, Far North Province |
Speakers: | 35,000 |
Date: | 2005 |
Ref: | e25 |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam2: | Chadic |
Fam3: | Biu–Mandara |
Fam4: | Daba languages (A.7) |
Fam5: | Daba |
Iso3: | dkx |
Glotto: | maza1304 |
Glottorefname: | Mazagway |
Dia1: | Kpala (Kola) |
Dia2: | Mazagway (Musgoi) |
Mazagway (Musgoy; also known as Mazagway-Hidi) is a Chadic language spoken in Cameroon, in North Province and Far North Province. Blench (2006) classifies it as a dialect of Daba.[1]
Mazagway or Mazagway Hidi is spoken in the Mousgoy region in the northern part of Guider commune (Mayo-Louti department, North Region) and in the south of the commune of Hina (Mayo-Tsanaga, Far North Region). It is closely related to Daba, which was formerly considered to be a dialect of Mazagway.[2]