Dghwede language

Chadic language of Nigeria
Dghweɗe
Native toNigeria
RegionBorno State
Native speakers
(30,000 cited 1980)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3dgh
Glottologdghw1239

Dghweɗe (also known as Hude, Johode, Traude, Dehoxde, Tghuade, Toghwede, Wa'a, Azaghvana, Zaghvana) is a Chadic language spoken in Borno State, Nigeria in the Gwoza LGA.

Notes

  1. ^ Dghweɗe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

References

  • Esther Frick. 1977. The Phonology of Dghwede. Language Data, African Series, 11. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
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