Fali of Mubi
| Fali | |
|---|---|
| Fali of Mubi | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Adamawa State |
Native speakers | 25,000 (2010)[1] |
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Afro-Asiatic
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| Dialects |
Uroovin (Fali of Vimtim)
Bahuli (Fali of Bahuli)
Madzarin (Fali of Muchalla)
Uramɓwiin (Fali of Bagira)
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
fli |
| Glottolog |
fali1285[2] |
Fali, or Fali of Mubi after the local city, is an Chadic dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria, in Adamawa State in the Mubi North and Michika LGAs. It is one of several languages in the area that go by the generic name Fali.
Varieties are:[3]
- Ɓween (Bagira). Autonyms Uramɓween (language), Cumɓween (people)
- Huli (Bahuli). Autonyms Urahuli (language), Huli, Hul (people)
- Madzarin (Muchalla). Autonyms Ura Madzarin (language), Madzarin (people)
- Vin (Vimtim). Autonyms Uroovin (language), Uvin (people)
Notes
- ↑ Fali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Fali". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Blench, An Atlas of Nigerian languages, ed. 3, 2004
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