Vame language
Vame or Pelasla is an Afroasiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Dəmwa (Dume?), Hurza, Mayo-Plata (Pəlasla, Gwendele), Mbərem (Vame-Mbreme), and Ndreme (Vame).
| Vame | |
|---|---|
| Pəlasla | |
| Native to | Cameroon |
| Region | Far North Province |
Native speakers | (8,500 cited 1992)[1] |
Afro-Asiatic
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mlr |
| Glottolog | vame1236 |
References
- Social Anthropologist and linguist Olivier Nyssens (Belgium) stayed two years (1981–1983) with the Vame people, learned their language and wrote two articles.
- Linguist Daniel Barreteau made a comparative study of Vame along with other Mandara languages.
- French linguist Veronique de Colombel made a brief lexical comparative study of 17 mandara languages including Vame.[2]
- SIl Linguist William Kinnaird wrote couple of article (2005-2006) on how to write Vame.
References
- Vame at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- 1982 COLOMBEL Véronique de -- Esquisse d'une classification de 18 langues tchadiques du Nord-Cameroun : Ce qu'une étude historique et sociale des migrations peut apporter à cette vision de la parenté linguistique -- In : The Chad languages in the Hamitosemitic-Nigritic border area -- Berlin : D. Reimer, 1982.
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