Maslam

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639: msv
Population: 250 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004).
Location:: Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Makari subdivision, northwest of Kousséri, Maltam, and Saho.
Language Status: 8a (Moribund).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, North
Dialects: Maslam (Maltam), Sao (Sahu). Related to Afade [aal], Mpade [mpi], Malgbe [mxf], Mser [kqx], and Lagwan [kot]. Speakers may be able to use literature in one of these languages.
Language Use: In rapid decline (Tourneux 2004). Shifted to Adamawa Fulfulde [fub].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Maslam
Writing: Latin script [Latn], developed in 1997, experimental usage.
Other Comments: ‘Mandage’ is used by the Kotoko to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade, Afade, Maslam [msv], Malgbe) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser and Lagwan). Muslim.

Chad

Location: Ville de N’Djamena region: Haraze Al Biar department, Mani subprefecture along Chari river. Miskini and Blabli villages (Maslam dialect); Farcha-Milezi and Ngara-Mandju villages (Sao dialect).
Dialects: Maslam (Maltam), Sao (Sahu).
Language Status: 7 (Shifting)
Other Comments: In the Kotoko ethnic and linguistic group. Kotoko total: 22,717 (1993 census).

Location: Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Makari subdivision, northwest of Kousséri, Maltam, and Saho.