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zulgo gemzek language wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 phonology toggle phonology subsection 1 1 consonants 1 2 vowels 1 3 tones 2 dialects 3 notes 4 references 5 external links toggle the table of contents zulgo gemzek language 9 languages brezhoneg français hrvatski igbo occitan piemontèis português chishona kiswahili edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia chadic language spoken in cameroon zulgo gemzek native to cameroon region far north province native speakers 26 000 2002 1 language family afro asiatic chadic biu mandara wandala mafa mafa a 5 south b zulgo gemzek dialects zəlgwa minew gemzek language codes iso 639 3 gnd glottolog zulg1242 zulgo gemzek is an afro asiatic language spoken in northern cameroon dialects are gemzek mineo and zulgo zəlgwa blench 2006 considers zəlgwa minew and gemzek to be distinct languages 2 zulgo gemzek only possesses two vowel phonemes ə and a one of the smallest vowel inventories of any language in the world 3 phonology edit consonants edit consonants 4 labial alveolar palatal velar glottal implosive ɓ ɗ plosive tenuis p t k ʔ voiced b d g affricate tenuis ts voiced dz fricative voiceless f s h voiced v z lateral fricative voiceless ɬ voiced ɮ nasal m n ŋ approximant w l j vowels edit vowels 5 central mid ə open a tones edit zulgo gemzek has three phonemic tones high mid and low 6 dialects edit according to the linguistic atlas of cameroon 2012 zelgwa and minew make up a single language called zelgwa minew the zelgwa and minew varieties are very close to each other gemzek is rather different from these two languages and is treated as a separate language by the linguistic atlas of cameroon 7 the zelgwa as well as the gemzek inhabit the massifs of the same name that form the eastern edge of the mandara mountains north of meri as well as the neighboring plain to the east and the plateau to the west sérawa canton tokombéré commune mayo sava department far north region the minew inhabit the western edge of the mandara mountains gaboua canton koza commune mayo tsanaga department far north region some 10 kilometers from sérawa 7 gemzek and zelgwa are two distinct languages although there is some mutual intelligibility between them the gemzek 8 000 10 000 speakers inhabit the gemzek massif which forms the eastern edge of the mandara mountains north of méri as well as the adjacent plain to the east and the plateau to the west sérawa canton tokombéré commune mayo sava department far north region 7 notes edit zulgo gemzek at ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required blench 2006 the afro asiatic languages classification and reference list archived 2024 12 03 at the wayback machine ms chanard christian hartell rhonda l 2019 moran steven mccloy daniel eds gemzek sound inventory aa phoible 2 0 jena max planck institute for the science of human history retrieved may 1 2024 haller 1980 p 31 haller 1980 p 38 haller 1980 p 68 1 2 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 references edit haller beat 1980 phonology of zulgo yaoundé société internationale de linguistique external links edit an outline sketch of gemzek grammar v t e languages of cameroon official languages french english major languages bamum bulu duala ewondo fulfulde kom lamnso medumba pidgins cameroonian pidgin english camfranglais ewondo populaire arabic indigenous and immigrant languages chadian arabic afade aghem babanki bafaw balong bafia baka baldemu bamali bambalang bana bangolan bankon bata bati batu bebele bebil beti bikya bishuo bitare bomwali bonkeng bube bung buwal byep caka ceve chamba leko cuvok daba dowayo ɗugwor duli eman esimbi eton evant faʼ fang fanji feʼfeʼ fut gawar ghomalaʼ gidar glavda gude gunu gvoko hausa hdi hijuk hina hya ipulo iyive jimi jina kaalong kako kali kanuri kare kera ki kogo kol koma kpwe kuo kutin kwaʼ kwakum kwasio laʼbi lagwan limba limbum luo maɗa mafa majera makaa malgbe manenguba mangbai manza maslam massa matal mazagway mbəʼ mboa mbudum mbuko mbule mbum mefele məgaka mengisa menyam merey mesaka mfumte mofu gudur moloko mono mpade mpumpong mser mundang mungaka musgu muyang nagumi ndaʼndaʼ ndai nen ngaʼka ngambay ngiemboon ngomba ngombale ngwe nimbari njem njerep nkongho noho noni north giziga north mofu northwest gbaya nyokon nyong nzakambay nzanyi nzime oblo oroko pam papia parkwa pinyin pol pongo psikyɛ rombi sharwa south giziga suwu swo tibea tikar to tsuvan tupuri vame vemgo mabas vengo vere voko wom wuzlam yamba yambe yasa yedina yemba yeni zizilivakan zulgo gemzek zumaya sign languages francophone african sign language maroua sign language see also general alphabet of cameroon languages v t e biu mandara languages tera a 1 boga ga anda gabin hwana jara ngwaba tera pidlimdi bura higi bura marghi a 2 bura pabir cibak huba marghi central margi south nggwahyi putai higi a 3 bana hya kamwe kirya konzəl others kofa wandala mandara a 4 east glavda wandala west dghwede guduf gava cineni gvoko hdi lamang woga vemgo mabas others parəkwa sukur a 6 mafa a 5 northeast mbuko vame south a maɗa məlokwo muyang wuzlam south b ɗugwor mikere merey zulgo gemzek gaduwa northeast gemzek zəlgwa minew south c baldemu mofu gudur north giziga north mofu south giziga south d cuvok mafa mefele shügule others matal daba a 7 north buwal gawar south daba mazagway hina mbudum bata gbwata a 8 bacama bata fali of mubi gude gudu holma jimi nzanyi sharwa tsuvan zizilivakan mandage kotoko b 1 north lagwan mser south afade malgbe maslam mpade others jilbe east central munjuk b 2 mbara musgu beege mpus vulum muskum mida a b 1 jina majera others gidar others yedina italics indicate extinct languages see also chadic languages authority control databases national united states france bnf data israel other idref yale lux this article about a language spoken in cameroon is a stub you can help wikipedia by adding missing information v t e this article about a biu mandara language is a stub you can help wikipedia by adding missing information v t e retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title zulgo gemzek_language oldid 1339196275 categories languages of cameroon biu mandara languages 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