Cuvok language
| Cuvok | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | 13,500 (2021)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cuv |
| Glottolog | cuvo1236 |
Cuvok (French: Tchouvok) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon.[1]
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.[2]
Cuvok's vowel inventory only contains two phonemes: ə and a, one of the smallest of any language.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b 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.