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]
Mbuko | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Far North Region |
Native speakers | 15,000 (2008)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mqb |
Glottolog | mbuk1243 |
The Mbuko (6,700 speakers) traditionally inhabit the Mbuko massif, located east of Meri. They also live in the neighbouring plain of Mayo-Ranéo (in the canton of Doulek, arrondissement of Meri, department of Diamaré, Far North Region).[2]
Notes
edit- ^ a b Mbuko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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.
References
edit- English-Mbuko/French-Mbuko dictionaries on project DAGBO by Jolome
- Richard Gravina. 2001. "Features of a Chadic Language: The Case of Mbuko Phonology," Research Mate in African Linguistics: Focus on Cameroon. Ed. Ngessimo M. Mutaka & Sammy B. Chumbow. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag. Pages 119-132.