Mbuko language

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Mbuko
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Region
Native speakers
15,000 (2008)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3mqb
Glottologmbuk1243

Mbuko is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the canton of Doulek, Méri subdivision, department of Diamaré, and also in parts of the canton of Serawa, Tokombéré subdivision, department of Mayo-Sava, in the Far North Region of Cameroon.[1]

The Mbuko (6,700 speakers) traditionally inhabit the Mbuko massif, located east of Meri. They also live in the neighbouring plain of (in the canton of Doulek, arrondisement of Meri, department of Diamaré, Far North Region).[2]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Mbuko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. ^ 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. |volume= has extra text (help)

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