Mandara

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Noun

Mandara - a Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon; has only two vowelsWandalaBiu-Mandara - a group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad

Mandara

(self-designation, Wandala), a group of tribes (Matakam, Daba, Mandara, Gamergu, Gidar) inhabiting the Mandara Mountains, the environs of Mora and Maroua in Cameroon, and the bordering regions in Nigeria. Total population, approximately 500,000 (1967, estimate). The little known Mandara languages are related to the Hausa group. Most of the Mandara are Muslims. Their chief occupations are terrace farming (millet, peanuts) in the mountains and farming (millet, rice, maize) and livestock raising on the plains. Handicrafts are well developed.

REFERENCE

Vaast, Pierre. Petite Géographic du Cameroun. Paris, 1954.

Mandara

noun

Synonyms for Mandara

noun a Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon

Synonyms

Wandala

Related Words

Biu-Mandara

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