Mser

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639: kqx
Alternate Names: Kotoko-Kuseri, Kouseri, Kousseri, Kuseri, Msər
Population: 500 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004).
Location:: Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Kousséri subdivision.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, South
Dialects: Houlouf (Mani), Gawi (Makari), Mser (Kousseri), Kabe, Kalo (Kalakafra). Comprehension of Lagwan [kot] is marginal. Related to Lagwan, Afade [aal], Malgbe [mxf], Maslam [msv], and Mpade [mpi].
Language Use: In rapid decline (Tourneux 2004). Shifted to Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mser
Writing: Latin script [Latn], developed in 1999, experimental usage.
Other Comments: ‘Mandage’ is used by the Kotoko to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade [mpi], Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Malgbe [mxf]) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser [kqx] and Lagwan [mxf]). Muslim.

Chad

Location: Chari-Baguirmi and Ville de N’Djamena regions; to Cameroon border.
Dialects: Mser (Kousseri, Msir), Kalo (Kalakafra), Gawi, Houlouf, Kabe.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting)
Other Comments: Mandage is used by the Kotoko (total population: 22,717, 1993 census) to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade [mpi], Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Malgbe [mxf]) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser and Lagwan [kot] as well). Muslim.

Location: Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Kousséri subdivision.