Malgbe

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639: mxf
Alternate Names: Goulfei, Gulfe, Gulfei, Malbe, Malgwe, Ngwalkwe, Sanbalbe
Population: 6,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004).
Location:: Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Goulfey subdivision, Chari river area north of Kousseri.
Language Status: 6b* (Threatened).
Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, North
Dialects: Malgbe (Goulfei), Mara, Dro, Douguia (Dugiya). Related to Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Mpade [mpi], Mser [kqx], and Lagwan [kot].
Language Use: Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Malgbe
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, Afade, Maslam, Malgbe) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser and Lagwan). Muslim.

Chad

Location: Hadjer-Lamis region: N’Djamena subprefecture, Douguia, Malalie, Oulio (Walia) and other villages on Chari river.
Dialects: Goulfey, Walia, Mara, Douguia.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened)
Other Comments: Related to other Kotoko ethnic and linguistic groups: Afade [aal], Lagwan [kot], Maslam [msv], Mpade [mpi], Mser [kqx], and Jilbe [jie] (of Nigeria).

Location: Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Goulfey subdivision, Chari river area north of Kousseri.