Gawar language
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Gavar | |
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Kortchi | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Far North Region, Cameroon |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2010)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | gou |
Glottolog | gava1241 |
Gavar (also known as Gawar, Gouwar, Gauar, Rtchi, Kortchi, Ma-Gavar) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in the Far North Region.[1]
Gavar is spoken most of Gavar canton, through which the Mayo-Gawar River flows, and in Gadala in the southeast of Mokolo commune (Mayo-Tsanaga Department, Far North Region).[2]
Notes
- ^ a b Gavar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
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