| Muyang | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Far North Province |
| Native speakers | 30,000 (2007) |
| Language family | Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | muy |
| Glottolog | muya1243 |
Muyang is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in and near the town of Tokombéré in the department of Mayo-Sava in northern Cameroon.
The Muyang (15,000 speakers) traditionally inhabit the Muyang massif and the neighboring massifs of Mougouba, Gouadagouada, and Palbarar, which are inselbergs in the plain northeast of Tokombéré (in Mouyengué and Palbara-Goudouba cantons of Tokombéré arrondissement, Mayo-Sava department, Far North Region).
References
- Muyang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- Tony Smith (1996). "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Muyang" (PDF). silcam.org. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- 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.
External links
- Muyang Provisional Lexicon A dictionary of words in the Muyang language
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