Fali

Fali

The Fali are an indigenous tribe of about 23,200 people, living in the Adamawa mountains in North Cameroon (Northern-central Africa). They speak an Afro-Asiatic language called Bana. The term "Fali" is derived from the Puel word "Fulani" meaning "perched".they are mostly farmers with territories divide among four groups - from north to south, the Bossum, Bori-peske, kangu, and Tingelin- residing in villages housing several hundreds of persons.


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  • FALI — ICAO Airportcode f. Lichtenburg (South Africa) …   Acronyms

  • Fali — ISO 639 3 Code : fli ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3

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