Vemgo-Mabas

VEM

vigorous

Dialects: Mabas, Vemgo, Visik (Vizik). 56% intelligibility of Lamang ,, 36% intelligibility of Hdi ,. Possibly intelligible of Mafa ,. Lexical similarity: 78% with Hdi ,, 64% with Lamang ,, 50% with Gvoko ,.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 10,000 in Nigeria (1993). Population total all countries: 15,000.

Language Use: Also use Hdi [xed], Mafa [maf], Nigerian Fulfulde [fuv], Psikye [kvj].

Nation of Origin: Nigeria

Other Comments: Maya may be an alternate name. Different from Maba , of Chad. Traditional religion, Christian.