Wandala

MFI

developing

Alternate Names: Mandara, Mandara Montagnard, Ndara

Dialects: Gamargu (Gamergou, Gamergu, Malgo, Malgwa), Gwanje, Jampalam, Kamburwama, Masfeima, Mazagwa, Mura (Duwe, Kirdi-Mora, Mora Brousse, Mora Massif), Wandala (Mandara), Ziogba.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 23,500 in Cameroon (1982 SIL). Population total all countries: 43,500.

Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. Positive attitudes. Also use Adamawa Fulfulde [fub], Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu], French [fra]. Used as L2 by Vame [mlr], Wuzlam [udl].

Language Development: 200–300 read Wandala. Grammar. NT: 1988.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Cameroon

Other Comments: Muslim.