Maslam language

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Maslam
Maltam
Native to
Far North Province, Cameroon; west Chad
Native speakers
250 (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3msv
Glottologmasl1241
ELPMaslam

Maslam is an

Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon, with a few in southwestern Chad. Dialects are Maslam and Sao. Maslam is in rapid decline.[1]

Distribution

Maslam is spoken in

Kousseri communes in the department of Logone-et-Chari. It is also spoken in Chad. In the 1980s, there were 5,000 speakers or slightly fewer in Cameroon (ALCAM 1984).[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Maslam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. .