Malgbe is an

Afro-Asiatic The Afroasiatic languages (or Afro-Asiatic), also known as Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic, and sometimes also as Afrasian, Erythraean or Lisramic, are a language family of about 300 languages that are spoken predominantly in the geographic ...

language spoken in northern

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and southwestern

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. Dialects are Douguia, Dro, Malgbe, Mara, and Walia. Malgbe is spoken in Goulfey commune and also to the south in Chari (

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department, Far North region). It is related to Afade, Mser, Lagwan, Maslam, and Mpade. Malgbe is also spoken in Chad. The total population is estimated at 36,000 speakers.

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