Moloko language
Moloko | |
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Məlokwo | |
Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | (8,500 cited 1992)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mlw |
Glottolog | molo1266 |
ELP | Baka (Far North Region, Cameroon) |
Moloko (Məlokwo) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon.[1]
The highly endangered Baka is either a dialect or a closely related language.[2]
The Melokwo (8,500 speakers) traditionally inhabit the Moloko massif, an inselberg isolated in the plain, east of the Mandara Mountains, between the and . They live in the village of Mokyo and the surrounding areas of canton, Tokombéré arrondisement, Mayo-Sava department.[3]
Further reading[]
- Friesen, Dianne (2017). A Grammar of Moloko. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.824016. ISBN 978-3-946234-63-0.
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Moloko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ^ Baka: a highly endangered language or northern Cameroon
- ^ 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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