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Peve language

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Pévé
Lamé
Zime
Native toChad, Cameroon
Native speakers
(ca. 35,000 cited 1999–2000)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3lme
Glottologpeve1243

Pévé, also called Lamé after its chief dialect, is an Afro-Asiatic language of Chad and Cameroon. Zime is a generic name, and Lamé is also used for a dialect of the related Ngeté-Herdé language.

References

  1. ^ Pévé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)