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Zumaya
RegionCameroon
Extinctby 2006[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3zuy
Glottologzuma1239
ELPZumaya

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]

References

  1. ^ a b 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.[1]
  3. ^ "Zumaya". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-02-10.


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