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Wawa language

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Native to
  
Cameroon

Dialects
  
Gandua

Native speakers
  
(3,000 cited 1991)

ISO 639-3
  
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Region
  
Adamawa Province, Mayo-Banyo Division, Bankim Subdivision, west of Banyo, thirteen villages

Language family
  
Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Mambiloid Mambila–Konja Mambila–Vute Tep–Vute Vute Wawa

Wawa is a Mambiloid language spoken in a region of Cameroon and just inside bordering Nigeria used by about 3,000 people in three main dialects.

All speakers are bilingual, often in Fulfulde.

References

Wawa language Wikipedia