Wawa language explained

Wawa
States:Cameroon
Region:Adamawa Province, Mayo-Banyo Division, Bankim Subdivision, west of Banyo, thirteen villages
Speakers:3,000
Date:1991
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Mambiloid
Fam5:Mambila–Konja
Fam6:Mambila–Vute
Fam7:Tep–Vute
Fam8:Vute
Iso3:www
Glotto:wawa1246
Glottorefname:Wawa
Dia1:Gandua

Wawa is a Mambiloid language spoken in a region of Cameroon and just inside bordering Nigeria used by about 3,000 people in three main dialects.[1]

All speakers are bilingual, often in Fulfulde.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Gesellschaft für bedrohte Sprachen, "Documenting Wawa – a Mambiloid language in the Cameroon-Nigeria borderland", http://www.uni-koeln.de/gbs/Berichte/Wawa/