Guduf-Gava

GDF

vigorous

Alternate Names: Afkabiye, Gudupe

Dialects: Cikide (Chikide), Gava (Yaghwatadaxa, Yawotataxa), Guduf. Reportedly similar to Glavda ,. Hdi , 35% intelligibility of Guduf-Gava. Wolff (1971) separates Guduf-Gava from Gvoko , and Glavda ,. Lexical similarity: 56% with Hdi ,, 50% with Lamang , and Mabas ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
Biu-Mandara
A
A.4
Mandara Proper
Glavda

Demographics: 55,900 (2000).

Language Development: Bible portions: 1966.

Nation of Origin: Nigeria