Mazagway language explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  2. Book: Binam Bikoi. Charles. 2012. Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM). Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon. 1: Inventaire des langues. fr. Yaoundé. CERDOTOLA. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC). 9789956796069.