Fali of Mubi is a language spoken in Adamawa State, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which classifies it as Chadic (Biu–Mandara A: Bata group).
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- Language
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- Biu–Mandara
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- fali1285
Fali of Mubi is a language spoken in Adamawa State, according to Roger Blench's Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020), which classifies it as Chadic (Biu–Mandara A: Bata group). Other names include Fali of Muchella. It is spoken in Mubi LGA (since divided into Mubi North and Mubi South), in four principal villages: Vimtim, north of Mubi, and Bahuli, Muchella and Bagira, north-east of Mubi. The Atlas cites speaker figures of more than 20,000 (1990 estimate). It is a cluster of four members named after these towns: Vin, Huli, Madzarin and Ɓween. Glottolog lists it as Fali, with Fali of Mubi, Fali of Mucella and Fali of Vimtim as dialects.
- Fali of Muchella
- An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (2020 edition) — Roger Blench, Kay Williamson Educational Foundation / McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge, 2020 · link
- Glottolog language index (resourcemap) — Glottolog · link
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Archive ID: LANG-FALI-OF-MUBI · Last updated 30 September 2026.
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