Yedina, also known as Buduma (Boudouma), is a

Chadic language The Chadic languages form a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken in parts of the Sahel. They include 196 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, southern Chad, and northern Cameroon. By far the most widely ...

of the Biu–Mandara branch spoken around

Lake Chad Lake Chad (, Kanuri language, Kanuri: ''Sádǝ'', ) is an endorheic freshwater lake located at the junction of four countries: Nigeria, Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, in western and central Africa respectively, with a catchment area in excess of . ...

in western

Chad Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...

and neighbouring

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

and

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

. 200 speakers live in Cameroon, and the rest live in Chad.

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* Louise McKone. 1993. "A Phonological Description of Yedəna (Buduma), Language of Lake Chad," University of Texas at Arlington MA thesis. * Elhadji Ari Awagana. 2001. "Grammatik des Buduma: Phonologie, Morphologie, Syntax," LIT Verlag Berlin-Hamburg-Münster, Biu-Mandara languages Languages of Chad Languages of Cameroon Languages of Nigeria {{Chad-stub

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