Alternate Names: Makari, Makary, Makary Kotoko
Dialects: Bodo, Digam, Mpade (Makari), Shewe (Mani), Woulki.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 16,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004).
Language Use: Mostly home life. All ages. Positive attitudes. Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Very low. Poetry. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Cameroon
Other Comments: ‘Mandage’ is used by the Kotoko to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade ,, Afade ,, Maslam ,, Malgbe ,) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser , and Lagwan ,). Traditional religion, Muslim.