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Cuvok language

Cuvok language

Afro-Asiatic language of northern Cameroon

Cuvok (French: Tchouvok) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon.[1]

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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. [1]
    Cuvok at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. [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. [3]
    Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel; Wright, Richard. "Cuvok". PHOIBLE 2.0. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

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