Yedina language explained
| Yedina |
| Nativename: | Buduma |
| States: | Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria |
| Date: | 1993 census |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam2: | Chadic |
| Fam3: | Biu–Mandara |
| Iso3: | bdm |
| Glotto: | budu1265 |
| Glottorefname: | Buduma |
| Dia1: | Buduma |
| Dia2: | Kuri |
| Ethnicity: | Buduma people |
Yedina, also known as Buduma (Boudouma), is a Chadic language of the Biu–Mandara branch spoken around Lake Chad in western Chad and neighbouring Cameroon and Nigeria.
200 speakers live in Cameroon, and the rest live in Chad.[1]
See also
References
- Louise McKone. 1993. "A Phonological Description of Yedəna (Buduma), Language of Lake Chad," University of Texas at Arlington MA thesis.
- Elhadji Ari Awagana. 2001. "Grammatik des Buduma: Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntax," LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster,
Notes and References
- 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.
