Mofu-Gudur language

Mofu-Gudur
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers
90,000 (2008)
Afro-Asiatic
Mofu-Gudur Sign Language
Language codes
ISO 639-3mif
Glottologmofu1248  Mofu-Gudur
mofu1251  Mofu-Gudur Sign Language

Mofu-Gudur, or South Mofu, is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Dimeo, Gudur, Massagal, Mokong, Njeleng, and Zidim.

Mofu-Gudur is spoken in the massifs south of the Tsanaga River as far as Mayo-Louti (Mokong and Mofou cantons of Mokolo commune, Mayo-Tsanaga department, and Gawaza commune, Diamaré department, in the Far North Region) by 60,000 speakers.

Sign language

Mofu-Gudur speakers, who are predominantly hearing, use an extensive repertoire of conventionalized gestures, estimated at around 1,500. These gestures accompany storytelling (including history) and may be used in situations where speech is impractical.

Notes

  1. ↑ Mofu-Gudur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Sorin-Barreteau, Liliane (1996). Le langage gestuel des Mofu-Gudur au Cameroun (PDF) (PhD dissertation) (in French). Université de Paris V – René Descartes.

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