Mpade language
| Mpadə | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon, Chad |
| Region | Far North Province, Cameroon; west Chad |
Native speakers | 16,000 in Cameroon (2004) |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mpi |
| Glottolog | mpad1242 Mpadengal1301 Ngala |
Mpadə is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects are Bodo, Biamo, Digam, Mpade (Makari), Shoe (Shewe), and Woulki.
The language is sometimes known as Makari, after one of the towns where it is spoken. Ngala further west (as described by Barth) once spoke a dialect similar to Makari, but it was moribund by the 1920s, the people having shifted to Kanuri.