Marghi South language and Putai are closely related and sometimes considered dialects of Margi.

There are several kinds of Marghi language, including Madube, Izge, Lassa, Gulak, Damboa, Mulgwai, Uba and Sukur.

[3] The closely related language Bura is similar but has a palatalised lateral series as well.

The glottalised consonants /ɓ̰ ɓ̰ʷ ɗ̰/ have been described as either creaky voiced or implosive; according to Maddieson, they are evidently both, as in Hausa.

[4] The sequences that Hoffmann included in his consonant inventory are all labial–coronal: This article about a Biu-Mandara language is a stub.