| Afade | |
|---|---|
| Afaɗə | |
| Native to | Cameroon,Nigeria |
| Region | Far North Province, Cameroon;Borno State, Nigeria |
Native speakers | 5,000 in Cameroon (2004)[1] unknown number in Nigeria |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aal |
| Glottolog | afad1236 |
Afade (Afaɗə) is anAfro-Asiatic language spoken in easternNigeria and northwesternCameroon.[1]
Afade is a member of the Biu-Mandara group of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages. It is related to the Cameroonian languages Mpade, Maslam, Malgbe, Mser, and Lagwan.
The speakers of Afade are the indigenous Kotoko people of Cameroon and Nigeria. According toEthnologue, in Cameroon, it is spoken in the far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, south Makari subdivision, Afade area. The language is spoken by 6,700 Cameroon speakers. In Nigeria, Afade is spoken by 40,000 speakers inBorno State,Ngala LGA, 12 villages. There are no known dialects.
In Cameroon, Afade is spoken in the southern part ofMakari commune, centered on the town ofAfade and extending intoLogone-Birni (Logone-et-Chari department, Far North region). It is spoken mainly in Nigeria.[2]
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial-velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||
| Tenuisplosive | p | t | k | kp | ʔ | |||
| Voiced plosive | b | d | ɟ | ɡ | ɡb | ʔ | ||
| Ejective | pfʼ | t̪θʼ | cʼ | kʼ | ||||
| Implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||||
| Fricative | f | s ɬ | ʃ | h | ||||
| Resonant | l r | j | w |
Afade has a large inventory of consonants, including ejectives, implosives, and labial-velar stops. The vowels of Afade are/iueɤoɛɔaɑ/./a/ is front, rather than central.[3]
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