| Cuvok | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Far North Province |
| Native speakers | 13,500 (2021) |
| Language family | 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.
Cuvok is spoken by about 5,000 speakers (ALCAM 1983) in and around Tchouvok, near Zamay (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.
Cuvok's vowel inventory only contains two phonemes: ə and a, one of the smallest of any language.
Notes
- ^ Cuvok at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- 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.
- Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel; Wright, Richard. "Cuvok". PHOIBLE 2.0. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
References
- Dadak, Ndokobai (2021). Grammaire cuvok : une langue tchadique centrale du Cameroun [Cuvok grammar: a Central Chadic language of Cameroon] (Doctoral thesis) (in French). Universiteit Leiden. doi:10.48273/lot0593. hdl:1887/3185511. ISBN 978-94-6093-378-3.
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