Merey language

Afro-Asiatic language of northern Cameroon
Merey
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers
(10,000 cited 1982)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3meq
Glottologmere1246

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. ^ a b 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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