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Fali of Mubi

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Native to
  
Nigeria

Native speakers
  
25,000 (2010)

Region
  
Adamawa State

ISO 639-3
  
fli

Language family
  
Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bata (A.8) Fali

Dialects
  
Uroovin (Fali of Vimtim) Bahuli (Fali of Bahuli) Madzarin (Fali of Muchalla) Uramɓwiin (Fali of Bagira)

Fali, or Fali of Mubi after the local city, is an Chadic dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria, in Adamawa State in the Mubi North and Michika LGAs. It is one of several languages in the area that go by the generic name Fali.

Varieties are:

Ɓween (Bagira). Autonyms Uramɓween (language), Cumɓween (people) Huli (Bahuli). Autonyms Urahuli (language), Huli, Hul (people) Madzarin (Muchalla). Autonyms Ura Madzarin (language), Madzarin (people) Vin (Vimtim). Autonyms Uroovin (language), Uvin (people)

References

Fali of Mubi Wikipedia


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