Wuzlam language
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| Wuzlam | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | (10,500 cited 1982)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | udl |
| Glottolog | wuzl1236 |
Wuzlam, also called Uldeme (Ouldémé), Udlam, Ouzlam, Uzam, Uzlam, and Mizlime,[2][3] is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Chadic branch. It is spoken in northern Cameroon.[1]
The Wuzlam (10,500 speakers) originally lived in the Wuzlam massif, in the canton of Mayo-Ouldémé (arrondissement of Tokombéré, department of Maya-Sava, Far North Region). The northeastern edge of this massif is inhabited by speakers of Pelasla or Gwendelé, culturally assimilated to the Wuzlam, or "Ouldémé".[4]
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]- The palatal series of consonants are apico-alveolar [t͡s, d͡z, ⁿz, s, z] before /a, ə/ and dorso-palatal [t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, ⁿʒ, ʃ, ʒ] before /e, i/.
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Non-front | |
|---|---|---|
| Tense | e | a |
| Lax | i | ə |
Colombel states that the four vowels are distinguished by palatalization and tension.[6]
Notes
[edit]- 1 2 Wuzlam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Jaggar, Philip J. (1991). "Current Progress in Chadic Linguistics. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Chadic Linguistics, Boulder, Colorado, 1-2 May, 1987, by Zygmunt Frajzyngier [review]". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 54 (1). University of London: 226–28 [227]. JSTOR 617393.
Ouldémé (= Udlam/Wuzlam) is a Central Chadic-A language of the Matakam group ...
- ↑ ""U"". Sprachen der Welt: Ein weltweiter Index der Sprachfamilien, Einzelsprachen und Dialekte, mit Angabe der Synonyma und fremdsprachigen Äquivalente (in German). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Saur. 2001. pp. 497-502 [498]. doi:10.1515/9783110967494.497.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Colombel 2005a, p. 21.
- 1 2 Colombel 2005a, p. 23.
Works cited
[edit]- Colombel, Veronique de (2005a). La langue ouldeme nord-Cameroun: grammaire, texte, lexique. Peeters. ISBN 90-429-1448-3.
Further reading
[edit]- Provoost, D. Pierre; Koulifa, S. Pierre (1987). Essai sur la langue uldémé. Archives d'anthropologie. Vol. 30. Tervuren: Musée Royal de l'Afrique Central. OCLC 18288360.
- Colombel, Véronique de (2003). "Les végétaux dans la tradition orale ouldémé". Cahiers de Littérature Orale (in French) (53-54: Plantes et tradition orale): 233–265. HAL hal-04381733v2.
- Colombel, Véronique de (2005b). Contes ouldémés (Nord-Cameroun) : l'idiot, l'infirme, l'orphelin et la vieille femme. Louvain: Peeters. ISBN 978-90-429-1613-5.
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