Gidar (Gidder), or Kaɗa, is a Biu–Mandara (Chadic) language of

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

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 ...

. Gedar is spoken from Guider to the Chadian border in the Far North Region of Cameroon, in

Mayo-Kani Mayo-Kani is a department of Extreme-Nord Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 5,033 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 404,646. The capital of the department is at Kaélé. Subdivisions The department is ...

Department (arrondissements of

Kaélé Kaélé is a town in Cameroon's Far North Province, on the Diamaré Plain at . It lies near the Chadian border and 104 km south of Maroua. The town has a population of roughly 30,600 and is the capital of the Mayo Kani division. The cottonsee ...

and Moutourwa), and in the North Region, Mayo-Louti Department. ''Baynawa'' means "my friend" in the Gedar language, and this name is what some people use for the Gedar (ALCAM 1983).

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Languages of Cameroon Languages of Chad Biu-Mandara languages {{BiuMandara-lang-stub