Fali of Mubi

Fali
Fali
Fali of Mubi
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Adamawa State
Native speakers	25,000 (2010)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bata (A.8) Fali; ; ; ;
Dialects	Uroovin (Fali of Vimtim); Bahuli (Fali of Bahuli); Madzarin (Fali of Muchalla); Uramɓwiin (Fali of Bagira);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	fli
Glottolog	fali1285

Fali, or Fali of Mubi after the local city, is a Chadic dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria, in Adamawa State in the Mubi North, Mubi South and Michika Local Government Areas. It is one of several languages in the area that go by the generic name Fali. Fali people are strong people of rich cultural heritage and values. Their main source of income comes from farming. There are more than 250,000 estimated native speakers of the dialect as of 2020.

Nigeria's former Chief of Defence Staff, Late Air Marshal Alex Badeh was a Fali man who hailed from Muvudi, Vimtim.

Varieties

Varieties are:^[2]^[3]

Ɓween (Bagira). Autonyms Uramɓween (language), Cumɓween (people)
Huli (Bahuli). Autonyms Urahuli (language), Huli, Hul (people)
Madzarin (Muchalla). Autonyms Ura Madzarin (language), Madzarin (people)
Vin (Vimtim). Autonyms Uroovin (language), Uvin (people)

Notes

^ Fali at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Blench, An Atlas of Nigerian languages, ed. 3, 2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
^ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.