Mofu-Gudur, or South Mofu, is a

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spoken in northern

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. Dialects are Dimeo, Gudur, Massagal, Mokong, Njeleng, and Zidim. Mofu-Gudur is spoken in the massifs south of the Tsanaga River as far as

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department, in the Far North Region) by 60,000 speakers.

Sign language

Speakers use an estimated 1,500 conventionalized gestures. These are used in story-telling and reciting history, but also in situations not conducive to speech; when children are born deaf, or people go deaf later in life, the members have a system of communication available that will allow them to communicate with the entire community.

Notes

References

* Daniel Barreteau. 1988. ''Description du mofu-gudur''. Paris: Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération. . * L. Sorin-Barreteau, 1996,
Le Langage Gestuel des Mofu-Gudur au Cameroun.
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