Cuvok
Cuvok is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Cameroon.
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Cuvok (French: Tchouvok) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon.
Cuvok is spoken by about 5,000 speakers (ALCAM 1983) in and around Tchouvok, near Zamay (Mokolo commune, Mayo-Tsanaga department), Far North Region. Cuvok is about as closely related to Mefele (especially the Muhura dialect) as North Mofu is to South Mofu.
Cuvok's vowel inventory only contains two phonemes: ə and a, one of the smallest of any language.
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Words in Cuvok
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| name | mEZElEy* | |
| eye | ndEy* | |
| ear | L3may* | |
| nose | h3taN* | |
| tooth | LEN* | |
| hand | ha* | |
| blood | bEmbEZ* | |
| bone | LaLar* | |
| skin | mbal* | |
| knee | NgwurmEC* | |
| breast | rav* | |
| liver | mb3da* | |
| water | yam | |
| fire | g3da* | |
| sun | pas* | |
| star | mEnj3LE* | |
| stone | kEkEN* | |
| mountain | wudam* | |
| leaf | g3mLak* | |
| night | vad* | |
| fish | klEf* | |
| louse | tEnd3dEy* | |
| two | ECEw* | |
| I | yE* | |
| you | ka* | |
| we | anda* | |
| drink | masay* | |
| see | mawalay* | |
| hear | mECney* | |
| come | mEdEkEy* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- MefeleAfro-Asiatic37% alike
- Mofu-GudurAfro-Asiatic35% alike
- North MofuAfro-Asiatic30% alike
- MafaAfro-Asiatic29% alike
- North GizigaAfro-Asiatic26% alike
- MereyAfro-Asiatic22% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
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