Voko language

Atlantic–Congo language spoken in Cameroon
Longto
Voko
RegionCameroon
Native speakers
(2,400 cited 1982)[1]
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3wok
Glottologlong1387
PeopleLɔŋmó or Lõmó
LanguageLɔ̀ŋtó or Lõtó

Longto (Lɔ̀ŋtó, Lõtó[2]), or Voko (Woko), is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages that is spoken in Poli Subdivision of Faro Department, Cameroon.

Names

Speakers call themselves Lɔŋmó or Lõmó, and their language Lɔ̀ŋtó or Lõtó. Voko is an exonym. They call their village Gormaya, although outsiders refer to the village as Voko. Fulfulde is the local lingua franca.[3]

Villages

Lontô is spoken by 2,400 speakers around Voko in the massifs and plains located southwest of Poli (next to Faro National Park) in Poli commune, Faro department, Northern Region.[4]

14 villages that are exclusively ethnic Longmo are Gormaya (Voko), Ouro-Kila, Delengui, Ndougouri, Longote, Paté-Petel, Paté-Manga, Ouro-Kessoum, Lenguerba, Mayo-Djarendi, Taroua, Meta-Diam, and Ngoutiri. Villages with both Longmo and Dooyaayo people are Ouro-Mbay, Salaki, and Guito.[3]

References

  1. ^ Longto at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2012. Lexique Lɔ̀ŋtó-Français avec un index Français-Lɔ̀ŋtó. Lamido de Voko le Comite de Developpement du Lamidat de Voko et le Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Communaute Allemande de la Recherche Scientifique).
  3. ^ a b Scott Westermann and Annette Westermann. 2001. A Rapid Appraisal Survey of Longto ALCAM [301]: Rapid Appraisal May 2001, Poli Subdivision, Faro Division, North Province, Cameroon.
  4. ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
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