Cuvok language

Afro-Asiatic language of northern Cameroon
Cuvok
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers
13,500 (2021)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3cuv
Glottologcuvo1236

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

  1. ^ a b Cuvok at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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