Alternate Names: Mahoua, Mahwa
Dialects: Gura (village of Gurara) and Reupan (village of Roffono) have been called dialects but their speech is very similar to that of Mahoua. Lexical similarity: 8% with Ubi ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 6,560 (2000).
Language Use: All domains. All ages. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu], Kenga [kyq].
Language Development: Adult literacy ongoing in a few villages.
Typology: SVO; noun head initial; gender.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Chad
Other Comments: Muslim.