| Merey | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1982)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | meq |
| Glottolog | mere1246 |
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 2 Merey at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ 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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