Zumaya language explained

Zumaya
Region:Cameroon
Extinct:by 2006
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Afro-Asiatic
Fam2:Chadic
Fam3:Masa
Fam4:North?
Iso3:zuy
Glotto:zuma1239
Glottorefname:Zumaya

Zumaya is an extinct Chadic language once spoken in Cameroon. It is known only from a few words recorded from the last speaker.[1] It may have been divergent within the Masa branch of Chadic.[2]

There are no known speakers; it is thought that the language use has shifted to Fulfulde.[3]

Distribution

About 10 Zumaya words were recorded from what was probably the last speaker of this language by Daniel Barreteau. The language belongs to the Masa group. The last speakers were found at Ouro-Lamordé, on the way to Bogo (Ouro-Zangui canton, Maroua commune, Diamaré department, Far North Region).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  2. Shryock, A. (1997). The Classification of the Masa Group of Languages. Studies in African Linguistics, 26 (1), 31–33.http://elanguage.net/journals/sal/article/view/1316/1022
  3. News: Zumaya. Ethnologue. 2017-02-10.
  4. Book: Binam Bikoi. Charles. 2012. Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM). Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon. 1: Inventaire des langues. fr. Yaoundé. CERDOTOLA. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC). 9789956796069.