Kamwe language

Kamwe
Native toNigeria and Cameroon
RegionAdamawa State and Borno State
Native speakers
(660,000 cited 1982–2020)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3hig – inclusive code
Individual code:
kvj – Psikye
Glottologkamw1239  Kamwe
psik1239  Psikye

Kamwe (also spelt Kamue) is a Chadic language native to Adamawa State and Borno State of Nigeria as well as to North-Western Cameroon.

In Nigeria about 80 percent of the Kamwe people are found in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. They are also found in Mubi North, Hong, Gombi, Song and Madagali local governments in Adamawa State. The Kamwe people are also found in Borno State, especially in Askira/Uba and Gwoza local government areas

Blench (2019) lists Mukta of Mukta village, Adamawa State as part of the Kamwe cluster.[2]

  1. ^ Kamwe at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
    Psikye at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

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