Yedina language
| Yedina | |
|---|---|
| Buduma, Boudouma | |
| Yedǝnami | |
| Native to | Chad, Cameroon, Nigeria |
| Ethnicity | Buduma people |
Native speakers | (55,000 cited 1993 census)[1] |
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| Arabic (Ajami script) Latin[2] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bdm |
| Glottolog | budu1265 |
| ELP | Buduma |
Yedina (autonym: Yedǝnami), also known as Buduma or Boudouma, is a Chadic language of the Biu–Mandara branch spoken around Lake Chad in western Chad and neighbouring Cameroon and Nigeria.[2]
200 speakers live in Cameroon, and the rest live in Chad.[3]
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ↑ Yedina at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 "Buduma". Ethnologue (29th ed.). February 2026. Retrieved 20 August 2026.
- ↑ 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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