Fali languages (Cameroon)

Fali
Native toCameroon
RegionNorth
EthnicityFali
Native speakers
(35,000 cited 1982)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
fal – South Fali
fll – North Fali
Glottologadam1254

Fali comprises two languages spoken in northern Cameroon. Included in Greenberg's Adamawa languages (as group G11), it was excluded from that family by Boyd (1989). Roger Blench suspects it may represent one of the earlier lineages to have branched off the Atlantic–Congo stock.

  1. ^ South Fali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    North Fali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)