Malgbe

MXF

threatened

Alternate Names: Goulfei, Gulfe, Gulfei, Malbe, Malgwe, Ngwalkwe, Sanbalbe

Dialects: Douguia (Dugiya), Dro, Malgbe (Goulfei), Mara. Related to Afade ,, Maslam ,, Mpade ,, Mser ,, and Lagwan ,.

Genealogy:

Afro-Asiatic
Chadic
Biu-Mandara
B
B.1
Kotoko Proper
North

Demographics: 6,000 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004).

Language Use: Also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Writing System: Unwritten

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). Muslim.