Muskum language
| Muskum | |
|---|---|
| Muzuk | |
| Native to | Chad |
| Extinct | One speaker remained in 1976.[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mje |
| Glottolog | musk1256 |
Muskum (Muzgum, Muzuk) is an extinct Chadic (Biu–Mandara) language of Chad. Speakers have shifted to Musgu.[which?]
Names
Muzuk is another name for the language. The term Mousgoum used in Cameroon is not used by the speakers themselves.[2]
Munjuk languages
Munjuk languages:[2]
- Munjuk
- Muzuk
- Beege
- Mpus
- Vulum
Munjuk, from manjakay (H. Tourneux), refers to the a group of four related languages, not only Muzuk. Munjuk languages are spoken in northern Mayo-Danay Department (arrondisements of Maga, Yele, and Kai-Kai in the Far North Region).[2]
Beege and Mpus are found in the flood plains of the Logone River, in (Logone-et-Chari department, Zina district); Diamaré department (Bogo district). Beege is found in the south (Djafga and Begué) and Mpus in the north (in Pouss). Vulum is found mainly in Chad.[2]
References
- ^ Muskum at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. Volume 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
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