Cuvok | |
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Native to | Cameroon |
Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | 13,500 (2021) [1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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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]
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