Msər | |
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Kuseri | |
Native to | Cameroon, Chad |
Region | Far North Province, Cameroon; west Chad |
Native speakers | 500 in Cameroon (2004)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kqx |
Glottolog | mser1242 |
ELP | Mser |
Mser (Msər), or Kousseri (Kuseri), is a moribund Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects are Gawi, Houlouf, Kabe, Kalo, Mser (Kuseri).
In Cameroon, Mser is spoken in Kousseri (Kousséri and Logone-Birni communes, Chari Department, Far North Region). It is also spoken in Chad. There is a total of 2,100 speakers (in both Cameroon and Chad).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Msər 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.