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Malgbe
Gulfey
Native to	Cameroon, Chad
Region	Far North Province, Cameroon; west Chad
Native speakers	6,000 in Cameroon (2004)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Kotoko (B.1) North Malgbe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`mxf`
Glottolog	`malg1250`

Malgbe is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects are Douguia, Dro, Malgbe, Mara, and Walia.^[1]

Malgbe is spoken in Goulfey commune and also to the south in Chari (Logone-et-Chari department, Far North region). It is related to Afade, Mser, Lagwan, Maslam, and Mpade. Malgbe is also spoken in Chad. The total population is estimated at 36,000 speakers.^[2]

Notes

^ ^a ^b Malgbe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.

v t e Languages of Cameroon
Official languages	French English
Major languages	Bamum Bulu Duala Ewondo Fulfulde Kom Lamnso Medumba
Pidgins	Cameroonian Pidgin English Camfranglais Ewondo Populaire Arabic
Indigenous and Imnigrant languages	Chadian Arabic Afade Aghem Babanki Bafaw-Balong Bafia Baka Baldemu Bamali Bambalang Bana Bangolan Bankon Bata Bati Batu Bebele Bebil Beti Bikya Bishuo Bitare Bomwali Bonkeng Bube Bung Buwal Byep Caka Ceve Chamba Leko Cuvok Daba Dowayo Ɗugwor Duli Eman Esimbi Eton Evant Fa’ Fang Fanji Fe'fe' Fut Gawar Ghomala' Gidar Glavda Gude Gunu Gvoko Hausa Hdi Hijuk Hina Hya Ipulo Iyive Jimi Jina Kaalong Kako Kali Kanuri Kare Kasabe Kera Ki Kogo Kol Koma Kpwe Kuo Kutin Kwa’ Kwakum Kwasio La'bi Lagwan Limba Limbum Luo Maɗa Mafa Majera Makaa Malgbe Manenguba Mangbai Manza Maslam Massa Matal Mazagway Mbə’ Mboa Mbudum Mbuko Mbule Mbum Mefele Məgaka Mengisa Menyam Merey Mesaka Mfumte Mofu-Gudur Moloko Mono Mpade Mpumpong Mser Mundang Mungaka Musgu Muyang Nagumi Nda’nda’ Ndai Nen Nga'ka Ngambay Ngiemboon Ngomba Ngombale Ngwe Nimbari Njem Njerep Nkongho Noho Noni North Giziga North Mofu Northwest Gbaya Nyokon Nyong Nzakambay Nzanyi Nzime Oblo Oroko Pam Papia Parkwa Pinyin Pol Pongo Psikyɛ Rombi Sharwa South Giziga Suwu Swo Tibea Tikar To Tsuvan Tupuri Vame Vemgo-Mabas Vengo Vere Voko Wom Wuzlam Yamba Yambe Yasa Yedina Yemba Yeni Zizilivakan Zulgo-Gemzek Zumaya
Sign languages	Francophone African Sign Language Maroua Sign Language
Immigrant languages	English French Punjabi Spanish German Italian Hindi Hebrew Arabic Chinese Portuguese Japanese Russian Danish Dutch
See also: General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages

Biu–Mandara languages

Tera (A.1)

Boga
Ga'anda
- Gabin
Hwana
Jara
Ngwaba
Tera
- Pidlimdi

Bura–Higi

Bura–Marghi (A.2)	Bura-Pabir Cibak Huba Marghi Central Margi South Nggwahyi Putai
Higi (A.3)	Bana Hya Kamwe Kirya-Konzəl
Others	Kofa

Wandala
(Mandara) (A.4)

East	Glavda Wandala
West	Dghwede Guduf-Gava Cineni Gvoko Hdi Lamang Woga Vemgo-Mabas
Others	Parəkwa Sukur (A.6)

Mafa (A.5)

Northeast	Mbuko Vame
South (A)	Maɗa Məlokwo Muyang Wuzlam
South (B)	Ɗugwor Mikere Merey Zulgo-Gemzek Gaduwa (northeast) Gemzek Zəlgwa-Minew
South (C)	Baldemu Mofu-Gudur North Giziga North Mofu South Giziga
South (D)	Cuvok Mafa Mefele Shügule
Others	Matal

Daba (A.7)

North	Buwal Gawar
South	Daba Mazagway Hina Mbudum

Bata
(Gbwata) (A.8)

Mandage
(Kotoko) (B.1)

North	Lagwan Mser
South	Afade Malgbe Maslam Mpade
Others	Jilbe

East–
Central

Munjuk (B.2)	Mbara Musgu Beege Mpus Vulum Muskum
Mida'a (< B.1)	Jina Majera
Others	Gidar

Others

Yedina

Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages

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