Mofu-Gudur language

{{Short description|Chadic language of northern Cameroon}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Mofu-Gudur

|states=Cameroon

|region=Far North Province

|speakers=90,000

|date=2008

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic

|fam2=Chadic

|fam3=South (c)

|sign=Mofu-Gudur Sign Language

|iso3=mif

|glotto=mofu1248

|glottoname=Mofu-Gudur

|glotto2=mofu1251

|glottoname2=Mofu-Gudur Sign Language

}}

Mofu-Gudur, or South Mofu, is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Dimeo, Gudur, Massagal, Mokong, Njeleng, and Zidim.

Mofu-Gudur is spoken in the massifs south of the Tsanaga River as far as Mayo-Louti (Mokong and Mofou cantons of Mokolo commune, Mayo-Tsanaga department, and Gawaza commune, Diamaré department, in the Far North Region) by 60,000 speakers.{{cite book|editor-last=Binam Bikoi|editor-first=Charles|date=2012|title=Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)|trans-title=Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon|volume=1: Inventaire des langues|language=fr|location=Yaoundé|publisher=CERDOTOLA|series=Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC)|isbn=9789956796069}}

Sign language

Speakers use an estimated 1,500 conventionalized gestures. These are used in story-telling and reciting history, but also in situations not conducive to speech; when children are born deaf, or people go deaf later in life, the members have a system of communication available that will allow them to communicate with the entire community.

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References

  • Daniel Barreteau. 1988. Description du mofu-gudur. Paris: Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération. {{ISBN|2-7099-0841-7}}.
  • L. Sorin-Barreteau, 1996, [http://www.mandaras.info/MandarasPublishing/Sorin-Barreteau_2011_Langage_Gestuel_Mofu-Gudur.pdf Le Langage Gestuel des Mofu-Gudur au Cameroun.] PhD dissertation, University of Paris V-Rene' Descartes

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Category:Languages of Cameroon

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Category:Sign languages of Cameroon

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