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{{Infobox language |
{{Infobox language |
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|name=Yedina |
| name = Yedina |
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|nativename=''Buduma'' |
| nativename = ''Buduma'' |
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|states=[[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Nigeria]] |
| states = [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Nigeria]] |
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|speakers={{sigfig|54800|2}} |
| speakers = {{sigfig|54800|2}} |
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|date=1993 census |
| date = 1993 census |
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|ref=e18 |
| ref = e18 |
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|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic |
| familycolor = Afro-Asiatic |
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|fam2=[[Chadic languages|Chadic]] |
| fam2 = [[Chadic languages|Chadic]] |
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|fam3=[[Biu–Mandara languages|Biu–Mandara]] |
| fam3 = [[Biu–Mandara languages|Biu–Mandara]] |
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|fam4=<!--in its own branch (Blench 2006)--> |
| fam4 = <!--in its own branch (Blench 2006)--> |
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|iso3=bdm |
| iso3 = bdm |
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|glotto=budu1265 |
| glotto = budu1265 |
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|glottorefname=Buduma |
| glottorefname = Buduma |
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|dia1=Buduma |
| dia1 = Buduma |
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|dia2=Kuri |
| dia2 = Kuri |
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| ethnicity = [[Buduma people]] |
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Latest revision as of 01:39, 16 July 2024
| Yedina | |
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| Buduma | |
| Native to | Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria |
| Ethnicity | Buduma people |
Native speakers | (55,000 cited 1993 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bdm |
| Glottolog | budu1265 |
| ELP | Buduma |
Yedina, also known as Buduma (Boudouma), is a Chadic language of the Biu–Mandara branch spoken around Lake Chad in western Chad and neighbouring Cameroon and Nigeria.[1]
200 speakers live in Cameroon, and the rest live in Chad.[2]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Yedina 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.
References
[edit]- Louise McKone. 1993. "A Phonological Description of Yedəna (Buduma), Language of Lake Chad," University of Texas at Arlington MA thesis.
- Elhadji Ari Awagana. 2001. "Grammatik des Buduma: Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntax," LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, ISBN 3825856445
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