Sharwa language

Sharwa
Native to Cameroon
Region Far North Province
Native speakers
 5,100  (2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 swq
Glottolog shar1249[2]

Sharwa (also known as Tchevi, Sherwin, Sarwaye) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province. There are signs of language shift to Fulfulde.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Sharwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Sharwa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.