Yedina language

Yedina
Yedina
Buduma, Boudouma
Yedǝnami
Native to	Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria
Ethnicity	Buduma people
Native speakers	(55,000 cited 1993 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Yedina; ; ;
Dialects	Buduma; Kuri;
Writing system	Arabic (Ajami script); Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	bdm
Glottolog	budu1265
ELP	Buduma

Yedina (autonym: Yedǝnami), also known as Buduma or Boudouma, is a Chadic language of the Biu–Mandara branch spoken around Lake Chad in western Chad and neighbouring Cameroon and Nigeria.

200 speakers live in Cameroon, and the rest live in Chad.

Notes

↑ Yedina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
1 2 "Buduma". Ethnologue (29th ed.). February 2026. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
↑ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.

References

Louise McKone. 1993. "A Phonological Description of Yedəna (Buduma), Language of Lake Chad," University of Texas at Arlington MA thesis.
Elhadji Ari Awagana. 2001. "Grammatik des Buduma: Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntax," LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, ISBN 3825856445

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[e18-1] Yedina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[29ed-2] 1 2 "Buduma". Ethnologue (29th ed.). February 2026. Retrieved 20 August 2026.

[ALCAM2012-3] Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.

v t e Languages of Cameroon
Official languages	French English
Major languages	Bamum Bulu Duala Ewondo Fulfulde Kom Lamnso Medumba
Pidgins	Cameroonian Pidgin English Camfranglais Ewondo Populaire Arabic
Indigenous and Immigrant languages	Chadian Arabic Afade Aghem Babanki Bafaw-Balong Bafia Baka Baldemu Bamali Bambalang Bana Bangolan Bankon Bata Bati Batu Bebele Bebil Beti Bikya Bishuo Bitare Bomwali Bonkeng Bube Bung Buwal Byep Caka Ceve Chamba Leko Cuvok Daba Dowayo Ɗugwor Duli Eman Esimbi Eton Evant Faʼ Fang Fanji Feʼfeʼ Fut Gawar Ghomalaʼ Gidar Glavda Gude Gunu Gvoko Hausa Hdi Hijuk Hina Hya Ipulo Iyive Jimi Jina Kaalong Kako Kali Kanuri Kare Kera Ki Kogo Kol Koma Kpwe Kuo Kutin Kwaʼ Kwakum Kwasio Laʼbi Lagwan Limba Limbum Luo Maɗa Mafa Majera Makaa Malgbe Manenguba Mangbai Manza Maslam Massa Matal Mazagway Mbəʼ Mboa Mbudum Mbuko Mbule Mbum Mefele Məgaka Mengisa Menyam Merey Mesaka Mfumte Mofu-Gudur Moloko Mono Mpade Mpumpong Mser Mundang Mungaka Musgu Muyang Nagumi Ndaʼndaʼ Ndai Nen Ngaʼka Ngambay Ngiemboon Ngomba Ngombale Ngwe Nimbari Njem Njerep Nkongho Noho Noni North Giziga North Mofu Northwest Gbaya Nyokon Nyong Nzakambay Nzanyi Nzime Oblo Oroko Pam Papia Parkwa Pinyin Pol Pongo Psikyɛ Rombi Sharwa South Giziga Suwu Swo Tibea Tikar To Tsuvan Tupuri Vame Vemgo-Mabas Vengo Vere Voko Wom Wuzlam Yamba Yambe Yasa Yedina Yemba Yeni Zizilivakan Zulgo-Gemzek Zumaya
Sign languages	Francophone African Sign Language Maroua Sign Language
See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages

v t e Languages of Niger
Official language	Hausa
National languages	Arabic Buduma Fulfulde Gurma Kanuri Songhai Tassawaq Toubou Tamajeq Zarma
Other languages	Air Tamajeq Chadian Arabic Daza Kaado Tamahaq
Working language	French

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Yedina
Buduma, Boudouma
Yedǝnami
Native to	Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria
Ethnicity	Buduma people
Native speakers	(55,000 cited 1993 census)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Yedina
Dialects	Buduma Kuri
Writing system	Arabic (Ajami script) Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`bdm`
Glottolog	`budu1265`
ELP	Buduma

Yedina language

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