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Majera language

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Majera
Native toChad, Cameroon
Native speakers
500 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xmj
Glottologmaje1243
ELPMidah

Majera (Mazera[what language is this?]) is a minor Afro-Asiatic language of Chad and Cameroon.

Majéra is spoken in and around Majéra in the arrondissement of Zina (Logone-et-Chari Department, Far North Region). In the 1980s, there were 5,000 speakers or slightly less in Cameroon (ALCAM 1984). It is also spoken in Chad.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Majera at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ 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.