Vemgo-Mabas language

Vemgo-Mabas is an Afro-Asiatic language of Cameroon and Nigeria. Dialects are Vemgo, Mabas. Blench (2006) considers these to be separate languages. Ethnologue lists a third dialect, Visik in Nigeria, which is not well attested;^[1] Blench suspects it may be a dialect of Lamang instead.^[2]

Vemgo-Mabas
Native to	Nigeria, Cameroon
Native speakers	(11,000 cited 1993–2004)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Wandala–Mafa Wandala (A.4) West Vemgo-Mabas
Dialects	Vemgo Mabas
Language codes
ISO 639-3	vem
Glottolog	vemg1240

In Cameroon, Mabas is spoken only in one village on the Nigerian border, namely Mabas village (Mokolo arrondissement, Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North Region) by about 5,000 speakers (ALCAM 1984). Although closely related, Mabas is distinct from Hdi (78% lexical similarity, 36% mutual intelligibility).^[3]