Moloko language

Moloko (Məlokwo) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon.[1]

Moloko
Məlokwo
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Province
Native speakers
(8,500 cited 1992)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3mlw
Glottologmolo1266
ELPBaka (Far North Region, Cameroon)

The highly endangered Baka is either a dialect or a closely related language.[2]

The Melokwo (8,500 speakers) traditionally inhabit the Moloko massif, an inselberg isolated in the plain, east of the Mandara Mountains, between the Mayo-Mangafé River and Mayo-Ranéo River. They live in the village of Mokyo and the surrounding areas of Makalingay canton, Tokombéré arrondisement, Mayo-Sava department.[3]

Phonology

Vowels

Moloko is said to have only 1 phonemic vowel /a/, some analyses count 2 vowels /a, ə/.[4][5]

Further reading
  • Friesen, Dianne (2017). A Grammar of Moloko. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi:10.5281/zenodo.824016. ISBN 978-3-946234-63-0.

Notes
  1. Moloko at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Baka: a highly endangered language or northern Cameroon
  3. 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.
  4. https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/16/01/41/160141426599944834137757163833723787402/melokwo_bow1997_2226_p.pdf
  5. https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/14/50/91/14509188367324663723988018881998481925/bow_thesis.pdf


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