Gidar language

Gidar (Gidder), or Kaɗa, is a Biu–Mandara (Chadic) language of Cameroon and Chad.

Gidar
Kaɗa
Native to	Cameroon, Chad
Native speakers	(70,000 cited 1982–1993)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara East–Central[2] Gidar
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gid
Glottolog	gida1247

Gedar is spoken from Guider to the Chadian border in the Far North Region of Cameroon, in Mayo-Kani Department (arrondissements of Kaélé and Moutourwa), and in the North Region, Mayo-Louti Department.^[3] Baynawa means "my friend" in the Gedar language, and this name is what some people use for the Gedar (ALCAM 1983).