Muyang language

Muyang
Muyang
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Far North Province
Native speakers	30,000 (2007)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Wandala–Mafa Mafa (A.5) South (a) Muyang; ; ; ; ; ;
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.^[2]

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).^[3]

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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[e18-1] Muyang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Tony Smith (1996). "A Sociolinguistic Survey of Muyang" (PDF). silcam.org. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

[ALCAM2012-3] 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.

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