Gude is an
Afro-Asiatic language spoken in
Nigeria in
Adamawa State in Mubi LGA and in
Borno State in Askira-Uba LGA. It is also spoken in neighboring
Cameroon. Different dialects are spoken in Nigeria and Cameroon.[1]
Gude is spoken in the southern part of
Bourrha commune (
Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region) and the western end of
Mayo-Oulo district (
Mayo-Louti department, North Region). It is spoken by about 28,000 people.[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.
ISBN9789956796069.
References
J.T. Hoskison. 1983. "A Grammar and Dictionary of the Gude Language," Ohio State University PhD dissertation.
René Canac Marquis. 1987. Word orders in Gude and the VSO Parameter. in Frajzyngier, Zygmunt, Current progress in Chadic linguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.