Merey language

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Merey
Native to Cameroon
Region Far North Province
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1982) [1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 meq
Glottolog mere1246

Merey is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dugur is a dialect. [1]

The Merey [meri] (10,000 speakers) live in the Méri massif, located immediately west of the town of Méri (Méri canton, Méri commune, Diamaré department, Far North region). [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Merey at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  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.


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