Mawa language

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Mawa
Mahoua
Native to Chad
Regioncentral
Native speakers
6,600 (2000) [1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mcw
Glottolog mawa1270

Mawa (also known as Mahwa, Mahoua) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.

Notes

  1. Mawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List Archived 2020-12-13 at the Wayback Machine (ms)

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