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ISO 639-3 · mafmaf
Afroasiatic family

Mafa

Mafa is a language of the Biu–Mandara branch (Afroasiatic), spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria.

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Wikidata recordGlottolog
At a glance
ISO 639-3
maf
Glottocode
mafa1239
Wikipedia
14 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
5EGIDS level

Facts

NameMafa
Also calledMafa language
Written inLatin script

Vitality

EGIDS 5 Developing5

Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.

Other languages at this level
family tree

From Afroasiatic to Mafa

The branches above Mafa, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.

309Afroasiaticfamily147Chadicbranch51Biu–MandarabranchmafMafalanguage
where it is spoken

Countries

Cameroon243 languages in the indexNigeria415 languages in the index

Also spoken in Cameroon

engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalhauHausaAfroasiatic · 43.9 m2 · ProvincialkauKanuriNilo-Saharan · 15 mkncCentral KanuriNilo-Saharan · 9.3 m3 · Wider CommunicationshuChadian Arabicunclassified · 2.6 m3 · Wider CommunicationwesCameroon Pidginunclassified · 2 m3 · Wider CommunicationbumBuluNiger–Congo · 860,0003 · Wider CommunicationfanFangNiger–Congo · 858,0003 · Wider CommunicationewoEwondoNiger–Congo · 578,0003 · Wider Communication