Majera language explained

Majera
States:Chad, Cameroon
Speakers:500
Date:2004
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Chadic
Fam3:Biu–Mandara
Fam4:East–Central
Fam5:Mida'a
Iso3:xmj
Glotto:maje1243
Glottorefname:Majera

Majera (Mazera) is a minor Afro-Asiatic language of Chad and Cameroon.

Majéra is spoken in and around Majéra in the arrondissement of Zina (Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region). In the 1980s, there were 5,000 speakers or slightly less in Cameroon (ALCAM 1984). It is also spoken in Chad.[1]

Notes and References

  1. 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.