Wuzlam | |
States: | Cameroon |
Region: | Far North Province |
Date: | 1982 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Afro-Asiatic |
Fam2: | Chadic |
Fam3: | Biu–Mandara |
Fam4: | Wandala–Mafa |
Fam5: | Mafa (A.5) |
Fam6: | South (a) |
Iso3: | udl |
Glotto: | wuzl1236 |
Glottorefname: | Wuzlam |
Wuzlam, also called Uldeme (Ouldémé), is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Chadic branch. It is spoken in northern Cameroon.
The Wuzlam (10,500 speakers) originally lived in the Wuzlam massif, in the canton of (arrondissement of Tokombéré, department of Maya-Sava, Far North Region). The northeastern edge of this massif is inhabited by speakers of Pelasla or Gwendelé, culturally assimilated to the Wuzlam, or "Ouldémé".[1]