Majera language
Majera (Mazera) is a minor Afro-Asiatic language of Chad and Cameroon.
| Majera | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Chad, Cameroon |
Native speakers | 500 (2004)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xmj |
| Glottolog | maje1243 |
| ELP | Midah |
Majéra is spoken in and around Majéra in the arrondissement of Zina (Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region). In the 1980s, there were 5,000 speakers or slightly less in Cameroon (ALCAM 1984). It is also spoken in Chad.[2]
References
- Majera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
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