Mafa language

Mafa is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and Northern Nigeria by the Mafa people.

Dialects

Mafa is widely spoken in the department of Mayo-Tsanaga from Mokolo to the north. Mafa includes the following dialects.

• Central Mafa in Koza commune and in Mokolo town
• West Mafa in the northwest of Mokolo Commune (Magoumaz)
• East Mafa in the northeast (Soulede and Roua communes)

There are 136,000 speakers in Cameroon.

Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

• /ᵑɡ/ is heard as a velar nasal [ŋ] when in word-final position.

Notes