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Musey language

Musey is a Chadic language of Chad and Cameroon. There is a degree of mutual intelligibility with Masana. Although Musey and Masa are mutually unintelligible, many Musey speakers also speak Masa.[2]

Musey
Native toChad, Cameroon
Native speakers
430,000 (2005–2019)[1]
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3mse
Glottologmuse1242

Distribution edit

Musey is spoken east of Guéré, in the southern part of Mayo-Danay commune in Danay department, Far North Region, by 20,000 speakers in Cameroon. It is also spoken in Chad.[2]

Phonology edit

Consonants edit

Labial Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
implosive ɓ ɗ
prenasalized mb nd nd͡ʒ ŋɡ
Fricative voiceless f s ɬ h
voiced v z ɮ ɦ
Nasal m n ŋ
Flap ɾ
Approximant w l j

Vowels edit

Lax allophones of /i u e o/ occur as [ɪ ʊ ɛ ɔ].[3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ Musey at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)  
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Duncanson, Robert (1972). Interpreting tone in the Musey language. University of North Dakota.
  4. ^ Shryock, Aaron M. (1992). Consonants and tone in Musey. UCLA.

External links edit

  • Musey language materials from UCLA


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