Gidar | |
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Kaɗa | |
Native to | Cameroon, Chad |
Native speakers | (70,000 cited 1982–1993)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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ISO 639-3 | gid |
Glottolog | gida1247 |
Gidar (Gidder), or Kaɗa, is a Biu–Mandara (Chadic) language of Cameroon and Chad.
Gedar is spoken from Guider to the Chadian border in the Far North Region of Cameroon, in Mayo-Kani Department (arrondissements of Kaélé and Moutourwa), and in the North Region, Mayo-Louti Department.[3] Baynawa means "my friend" in the Gedar language, and this name is what some people use for the Gedar (ALCAM 1983).
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Bura–Higi |
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Wandala (Mandara) (A.4) |
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Mafa (A.5) |
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Daba (A.7) |
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Bata (Gbwata) (A.8) | |||||||||||||
Mandage (Kotoko) (B.1) |
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East– Central |
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Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages |
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