Mpade

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639: mpi
Alternate Names: Makari, Makary, Makary Kotoko
Population: 16,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004).
Location:: Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, south of Lake Chad, Makari area.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, North
Dialects: Shewe (Mani), Mpade (Makari), Bodo, Woulki, Digam.
Language Use: All ages, but intergenerational transmission is weakening. Mostly home life. Positive attitudes. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Used as L2 by Shuwa Arabic [shu].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Very low. Literature. Grammar. Texts.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mpade
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
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 [kot]). Traditional religion, Muslim.

Chad

Location: Hadjer-Lamis region: Haraze Al Biar department, Mani subprefecture, south of Lake Chad; N’Djamena town; Mani area on Logone river, north of N’Djamena.
Dialects: Makari, Bodo, Woulki, Digam.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened)
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, Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Malgbe [mxf]) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser [kqx] and Lagwan [kot] as well).

Location: Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, south of Lake Chad, Makari area.