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Mbuko language

Mbuko
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Region
Native speakers
15,000 (2008)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3mqb
Glottologmbuk1243

Mbuko is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in the canton of Doulek, Méri subdivision, department of Diamaré, and also in parts of the canton of Serawa, Tokombéré subdivision, department of Mayo-Sava, in the Far North Region of Cameroon.[1]

The Mbuko (6,700 speakers) traditionally inhabit the Mbuko massif, located east of Meri. They also live in the neighbouring plain of Mayo-Ranéo (in the canton of Doulek, arrondissement of Meri, department of Diamaré, Far North Region).[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Mbuko 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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