Page Type: languageTsuvan | Ethnologue

TSH ISO 639-3

Tsuvan

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Matsuvan, Motsuvan, Tchede, Telaki, Teleki, Terki
Population
2,300 (2000 SIL).
Location:
Far North region: Mayo-Tsanaga division, southeast Bourrha subdivision, Tchevi village, 5 quartiers found in an area 10 km in diameter northeast of Dourbeye; some in North region: Mayo-Louti division.
Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.8
Language Use
Home, friends, work, ceremonies. Some young people, all adults. Interviewees stated that the youth from both villages speak Fulfulde more than Tsuvan (Brye 2001). Most also use Adamawa Fulfulde [fub], with diglossia. Also use French [fra], as medium of instruction in school.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tsuvan
Writing
Unwritten [Qaax].

Also Spoken in

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Location: Far North region: Mayo-Tsanaga division, southeast Bourrha subdivision, Tchevi village, 5 quartiers found in an area 10 km in diameter northeast of Dourbeye; some in North region: Mayo-Louti division.