South Giziga language

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South Giziga is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Mi Mijivin, Muturami, and Rum.[1]

South Giziga
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers
(60,000 cited 1991)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3giz
Glottologsout3051

South Giziga (60,000 speakers) is spoken south of Maroua in the Diamaré plain around the small massifs of Loutou, Moutourwa, Midjivin, etc. (in Diamaré department, Maroua commune and Mayo-Kani department, communes of Mindif, Kaélé, and Moutourwa).[2]

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  1. ^ a b South Giziga at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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.