Alternate Names: Cheke, Goude, Mapodi, Mapuda, Mocigin, Motchekin, Mudaye, Shede, Tchade
Dialects: Different dialects are spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 68,000 in Nigeria (1987). Population total all countries: 96,000.
Language Use: Also use English [eng], Hausa [hau], Nigerian Fulfulde [fuv], Nzanyi [nja]. Used as L2 by Fali [fli].
Language Development: Literacy program in progress. Poetry. Grammar. NT: 1999.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Nigeria
Other Comments: Muslim, Christian, traditional religion.