Cuvok language
Cuvok | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | (5,000 cited 1983)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cuv |
Glottolog | cuvo1236 |
Cuvok (French: Tchouvok) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon.[1]
Cuvok is spoken by about 5,000 speakers (ALCAM 1983) in and around , near (Mokolo commune, Mayo-Tsanaga department), Far North Region. Cuvok is about as closely related to Mefele (especially the Muhura dialect) as North Mofu is to South Mofu.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Cuvok at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Volume 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
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