Alternate Names: Afadeh, Affade
Dialects: None known. Related to Mpade ,, Maslam ,, Malgbe ,, Mser ,, and Lagwan ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). Population total all countries: 36,000.
Language Use: Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].
Writing System: Unwritten
Nation of Origin: Cameroon
Other Comments: ‘Mandage’ is used by the Kotoko to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade, Afade, Maslam, Malgbe) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser and Lagwan as well). Muslim.