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{{Short description|Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Chad and Cameroon}} |
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==Distribution== |
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Maslam is spoken in [[Maltam]]. Sahu (Sao), a closely related variety, is spoken in [[Saho, Cameroon|Saho]], a few kilometers to the north in southern [[Makari]] commune, and also in [[Goulfey]] and [[Kousseri]] communes in the department of [[Logone-et-Chari]]. It is also spoken in Chad. In the 1980s, there were 5,000 speakers or slightly fewer in Cameroon (ALCAM 1984).<ref name="ALCAM2012">{{cite book|editor-last=Binam Bikoi|editor-first=Charles|date=2012|title=Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)|trans-title=Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon|volume= |
Maslam is spoken in [[Maltam]]. Sahu (Sao), a closely related variety, is spoken in [[Saho, Cameroon|Saho]], a few kilometers to the north in southern [[Makari, Cameroon|Makari]] commune, and also in [[Goulfey]] and [[Kousseri]] communes in the department of [[Logone-et-Chari]]. It is also spoken in Chad. In the 1980s, there were 5,000 speakers or slightly fewer in Cameroon (ALCAM 1984).<ref name="ALCAM2012">{{cite book|editor-last=Binam Bikoi|editor-first=Charles|date=2012|title=Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)|trans-title=Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon|volume=1: Inventaire des langues|language=fr|location=Yaoundé|publisher=CERDOTOLA|series=Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC)|isbn=9789956796069}}</ref> |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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Latest revision as of 19:54, 27 January 2022
| Maslam | |
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| Maltam | |
| Native to | Cameroon, Chad |
| Region | Far North Province, Cameroon; west Chad |
Native speakers | 250 (2004)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | msv |
| Glottolog | masl1241 |
| ELP | Maslam |
Maslam is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon, with a few in southwestern Chad. Dialects are Maslam and Sao. Maslam is in rapid decline.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Maslam is spoken in Maltam. Sahu (Sao), a closely related variety, is spoken in Saho, a few kilometers to the north in southern Makari commune, and also in Goulfey and Kousseri communes in the department of Logone-et-Chari. It is also spoken in Chad. In the 1980s, there were 5,000 speakers or slightly fewer in Cameroon (ALCAM 1984).[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Maslam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 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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