Mafa language

Mafa is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and Northern Nigeria by the Mafa people.

Dialects Mafa is widely spoken in the department of Mayo-Tsanaga from Mokolo to the north. Mafa includes the following dialects.

Central Mafa in Koza commune and in Mokolo town West Mafa in the northwest of Mokolo Commune (Magoumaz) East Mafa in the northeast (Soulede and Roua communes)

There are 136,000 speakers in Cameroon.

Phonology

Vowels FrontCentralBackClose Open-midOpen

Consonants LabialDental/AlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasal()Stop/AffricatevoicelessvoicedprenasalimplosiveFricativevoicelessvoicedApproximantTrill

/ᵑɡ/ is heard as a velar nasal [ŋ] when in word-final position.

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