Sharwa language

Sharwa language

language
name=Sharwa
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Cameroon
region=Far North Province
speakers=5,100 (2000)
fam1=Afro-Asiatic
fam2=Chadic
fam3=Biu-Mandara
fam4=A
fam5=A.8
iso3=swq

Sharwa (also known as Tchevi, Sherwin, Sarwaye) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province. There are signs of language shift to Fulfulde. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]

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References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=swq Ethnologue entry for Sharwa]


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