Majera language

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Majera
Native to Chad, Cameroon
Native speakers
500 (2004) [1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xmj
Glottolog maje1243
ELP Midah

Majera (Mazera[ what language is this? ]) is a minor Afro-Asiatic language of Chad and Cameroon.

In Cameroon, Majera is spoken in and around Majéra in the arrondissement of Zina, Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region. In the 1980s, there were 5,000 speakers or slightly less in Cameroon (ALCAM 1984). It is also spoken in Chad. [2]

References

  1. Majera 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.