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Mafa

language
Class type of: Biu–Mandara Q35819

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
language, modern language[4]
Country
Cameroon, Nigeria[2][3]
Subclass of
Biu–Mandara[5]
Ethnologue language status
5 Developing[11]
Indigenous to
Far North, North, Borno State, Federal Capital Territory[7][8][9][10]
Writing system
Latin script[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Mafa en Mafa language he מאפה ja マファ語 pl Język mafa pt Língua mafa tr maf uk Мафа
🔖 Identifiers · 15
Library of Congress authority ID
sh92000330
ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID
294923314
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12244063g
Ethnologue.com language code
maf
Exact match
publications.europa.eu
Freebase ID
/m/03qk7tk
Glottolog code
mafa1239
IETF language tag
maf
ISO 639-3 code
maf
IdRef ID
031174442
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007546502605171
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
562985
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POSIX locale identifier
maf
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
06996907-n
Yale LUX ID
concept/e389dde6-d429-4e63-8e66-8eba31ef8532

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🔗 Connections
← Language used 6
Nigeria, Cameroon, Borno State, Far North, Federal Capital Territory, North
Indigenous to 4
Borno State, Far North, Federal Capital Territory, North
Country 2
Nigeria, Cameroon
Instance of 2
language, modern language
Subclass of 1
Biu–Mandara
Writing system 1
Latin script
← SNARC ID 1
Graig Goch
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Summary

Mafa is a language[1].

Related Entities

Cameroon Nigeria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . language-museum.com. language-museum.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Country → Cameroon, Nigeria
    Instance of → —
    Indigenous to → Far North, North, Borno State +1
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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