Margi | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, Yobe State |
Ethnicity | Margi people |
Native speakers | 240,000 (2020)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Latin, Arabic (Ajami) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mrt |
Glottolog | marg1265 |
Ethnic territories of the Marghi-speaking people in Nigeria (pinkish red) | |
Margi, also known as Marghi and Marghi Central, is a Chadic language (a branch of Afroasiatic) spoken in Nigeria, Cameroon, and Chad. It is perhaps the best described of the Biu–Mandara branch of that family. Marghi South language and Putai are closely related and sometimes considered dialects of Margi.
There are several kinds of Marghi language, including Madube, Izge, Lassa, Gulak, Damboa, Mulgwai, Uba and Sukur.
Every kind of these languages were spoken different type of the language and were from different places.