Maɗa language

Maɗa
Maɗa
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Far North Region, Cameroon
Native speakers	(17,000 cited 1982)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Wandala–Mafa Mafa (A.5) South (a) Maɗa; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mxu
Glottolog	mada1293

Maɗa is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. It has 17,000 speakers.

The Maɗa (17,000 speakers) inhabit the Maɗa massif, on the eastern edge of the Mandara Mountains, between the Wuzlam massif to the north and the Zélgwa massif to the south. They live in the canton of Madakalkoss, arrondissement of Tokombéré, department of Mayo-Sava, Far North Region.

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