| Musgu | |
|---|---|
| Mulwi | |
| Native to | Cameroon,Chad |
| Ethnicity | Musgum |
Native speakers | (160,000 cited 1993–2005)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Dialects |
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| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mug |
| Glottolog | musg1254 |
Musgu is a cluster of closely related language varieties of theBiu–Mandara subgroup of theChadic languages spoken inCameroon andChad. The endonym isMulwi. Blench (2006) classifies the three varieties as separate languages.[2] Speakers of the extinct related languageMuskum have switched to one of these.[which?]
Muzuk is another name for the language. Another term,Mousgoum, is not used by the speakers themselves.[3]
Munjuk languages:[3]
Munjuk, frommanjakay (H. Tourneux), refers to the a group of four related languages, not only Muzuk. Munjuk languages are spoken in northernMayo-Danay Department (arrondissements of Maga, Yele, and Kai-Kai in the Far North Region).[3]
Beege andMpus are found in the flood plains of theLogone River, in (Logone-et-Chari department, Zina district);Diamaré department (Bogo district). Beege is found in the south (Djafga andBegué) and Mpus in the north (inPouss).Vulum is found mainly in Chad.[3]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lateral | ||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Stop/ Affricate | voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | dʒ | ɡ | |||
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑɡ | |||
| implosive | ɓ | ɗ | |||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ɬ | (x) | h | |
| voiced | v | z | ɮ | ||||
| Approximant | w | l | j | ||||
| Trill | r | ||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə | o |
| Open | a |
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