Sharwa language

Sharwa (also known as Tchevi, Sherwin, Sarwaye) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon in Far North Province. There are signs of language shift to Fulfulde.^[1]

Sharwa
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Far North Province
Native speakers	(5,100 cited 2000)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Bata (A.8) Sharwa
Language codes
ISO 639-3	swq
Glottolog	shar1249

Sharwa speakers (5,100) are also called Tchévi, which is their largest town, in the southern part of Bourrha commune (Mayo-Tsanaga district, Far North Region). Sharwa is also spoken in the Northern Region, in Mayo-Louti department (Mayo-Oulo commune). They are mostly assimilated with the Gude.^[2]

Notes

1. Sharwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. 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.

External links

• Information about speakers of Sharwa