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Fali
Fali of Mubi
Native to Nigeria
Region Adamawa State
Native speakers
25,000 (2010) [1]
Dialects
  • Uroovin (Fali of Vimtim)
  • Bahuli (Fali of Bahuli)
  • Madzarin (Fali of Muchalla)
  • Uramɓwiin (Fali of Bagira)
Language codes
ISO 639-3 fli
Glottolog fali1285

Fali, or Fali of Mubi after the local city, is a 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

Varieties are: [2] [3]

  • 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)

Notes

  1. ^ Fali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Blench, An Atlas of Nigerian languages, ed. 3, 2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  3. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.