Mofu-Gudur language
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| Mofu-Gudur | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Far North Province |
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Native speakers
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90,000 (2008)[1] |
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Afro-Asiatic
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| Mofu-Gudur Sign Language | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mif |
| Glottolog | mofu1248 (Mofu-Gudur)[2]mofu1251 (Mofu-Gudur Sign Language)[3] |
Mofu-Gudur, or South Mofu, is an Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Dimeo, Gudur, Massagal, Mokong, Njeleng, and Zidim.
Speakers use an estimated 1,500 conventionalized gestures. These are used in story-telling and reciting history, but also in situations not conducive to speech; when children are born deaf, or people go deaf later in life, the family and has a system of communication available that will allow them to communicate with the entire community.
Notes
- ↑ Mofu-Gudur at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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References
- Daniel Barreteau. 1988. Description du mofu-gudur. Paris: Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération. ISBN 2-7099-0841-7.
- L. Sorin-Barreteau, 1996, Le Langage Gestuel des Mofu-Gudur au Cameroun. PhD dissertation, University of Paris V-Rene' Descartes
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