biu-mandara

Noun
  1. A group of Chadic languages spoken in the border area between Cameroon and Nigeria south of Lake Chad (synset 106997613)
    is a type of: chad, chadic, chadic language - a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
    subtypes:
    • pidlimdi, tera, yamaltu - a three-tone Chadic language
    • bura, pabir - a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
    • higi, kapsiki - a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
    • mandara, wandala - a Chadic language spoken in the Mandara mountains in Cameroon; has only two vowels
    • mafa, matakam - a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
    • sukur - a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
    • daba, kola, musgoi - a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
    • bata - a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
    • kotoko - a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
    • mulwi, munjuk, musgu - a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad
    • gidar - a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad

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