Wandala | Ethnologue

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639: mfi
Alternate Names: Mandara, Mandara Montagnard, Ndara
Autonym: Wandala
Population: 23,500 in Cameroon (1982 SIL). Total users in all countries: 43,500.
Location:: Far North region: Mayo-Sava division, east of Mora, north and northwest in a semicircle, to Nigeria border.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.4, Mandara Proper, Mandara
Dialects: Kamburwama, Masfeima, Jampalam, Ziogba, Mazagwa, Gwanje, Wandala (Mandara), Mura (Duwe, Kirdi-Mora, Mora Brousse, Mora Massif), Gamargu (Gamergou, Gamergu, Malgo, Malgwa).
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Adamawa Fulfulde [fub]. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Also use French [fra]. Used as L2 by Vame [mlr], Wuzlam [udl], Yerwa Kanuri [knc].
Language Development: 200–300 read Wandala. Grammar. NT: 1988.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Wandala
Writing: Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab]. Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Muslim.

Nigeria

Location: Borno state: Bama, Damboa, Gwoza, and Konduga LGAs.
Dialects: Kamburwama, Masfeima, Jampalam, Ziogba, Mazagwa, Gwanje, Gamargu (Gamergu, Malgo, Malgwa), Kirawa.
Language Status: 5 (Developing)
Other Comments: Muslim, traditional religion.

Location: Far North region: Mayo-Sava division, east of Mora, north and northwest in a semicircle, to Nigeria border.