Zumaya language

Extinct Chadic language of Cameroon

Zumaya
Region	Cameroon
Extinct	by 2006^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Masa North? Zumaya
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`zuy`
Glottolog	`zuma1239`
ELP	Zumaya

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]

Distribution

About 10 Zumaya words were recorded from what was probably the last speaker of this language by Daniel Barreteau. The language belongs to the Masa group. The last speakers were found at Ouro-Lamordé, on the way to Bogo (Ouro-Zangui canton, Maroua commune, Diamaré department, Far North Region).^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
^ Shryock, A. (1997). The Classification of the Masa Group of Languages. Studies in African Linguistics, 26 (1), 31–33.[1]
^ "Zumaya". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
^ 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.