Fali languages (Chadic)

Not to be confused with Fali languages (Cameroon) or Fali of Baissa.
Fali
Fali of Mubi
Spoken in Nigeria
Region Adamawa State
Native speakers 20,000  (1990)
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 fli

Fali, or Fali of Mubi after the local city, is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria in Adamawa State in the Mubi and Michika LGAs. It is one of several languages in the area that go by the generic name 'Fali'.

Varieties are:[1]

Ɓween (Bagira). Autonyms Uramɓween (language), Cumɓween (people)
Huli (Bahuli). Autonyms Urahuli (language), Huli, Hul (people)
Madzarin (Muchella). Autonyms Ura Madzarin (language), Madzarin (people)
Vin (Vimtim). Autonyms Uroovin (language), Uvin (people)

Notes

  1. ^ Blench, An Atlas of Nigerian languages, ed. 3, 2004

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