Fania

FNI

vigorous

Alternate Names: Fagnia, Fana, Fanian, Fanya, Fanyan, Kobe, Mana

Dialects: Northern Fania, Southern Fania. Distinct from Bua ,. Lexical similarity: 79% between dialects.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo
Atlantic-Congo
Volta-Congo
North
Adamawa-Ubangi
Adamawa
Mbum-Day
Bua

Demographics: 1,100 (1997 SIL).

Language Use: Vigorous. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Used as L2 by Koke [kou].

Nation of Origin: Chad

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Muslim.