Mada (Cameroon)
Mada (Cameroon) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon.
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Maɗa is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. It has 17,000 speakers.
The Maɗa (17,000 speakers) inhabit the Maɗa massif, on the eastern edge of the Mandara Mountains, between the Wuzlam massif to the north and the Zélgwa massif to the south. They live in the canton of Madakalkoss, arrondissement of Tokombéré, department of Mayo-Sava, Far North Region.
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Words in Mada (Cameroon)
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mbiyez* | |
| name | lme* | |
| eye | ire* | |
| ear | lme* | |
| nose | hndEr* | |
| tooth | alar* | |
| tongue | arra* | |
| hand | ahal* | |
| blood | emez* | |
| bone | alal* | |
| skin | ambal* | |
| knee | hEdEdEm* | |
| breast | gwva* | |
| liver | Egwver* | |
| water | yam* | |
| fire | okkwo* | |
| sun | fat* | |
| star | mawa8awa8a* | |
| stone | okkwar* | |
| mountain | amwa* | |
| tree | dde8ahaf* | |
| leaf | lmehaf* | |
| night | ar3vvad* | |
| dog | kra* | |
| fish | klef* | |
| louse | etet* | |
| one | ftek* | |
| two | sla* | |
| I | n* | |
| you | nokw* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MolokoAfro-Asiatic34% alike
- WuzlamAfro-Asiatic33% alike
- MereyAfro-Asiatic28% alike
- Zulgo-GemzekAfro-Asiatic25% alike
- DugworAfro-Asiatic24% alike
- North GizigaAfro-Asiatic22% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · mada1293 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mxu