XUO ISO 639-3
Kuo
Kúo Autonym
A language of Chad
- ISO 639
- xuo
- Alternate Names
- Ko, Koh
- Autonym
- Kúo
- Population
- 12,300 in Chad (2011 SIL). Total users in all countries: 20,250.
- Location:
- Logone Oriental region: Monts de Lam department, Baibokoum subprefecture.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, North, Adamawa-Ubangi, Adamawa, Mbum-Day, Mbum, Eastern Mbum, Koh
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly similar to Karang [kzr] and Nzakambay [nzy].
- Language Use
- Also use French [fra].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 1%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: Below 5%. NT: 2013.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Kuo
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
- Location
- North region: between Sorombeo and Chad border, and Garoua area.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing)
- Other Comments
- Different from Oku [oku] which is Narrow Grassfields. Refugees only in Cameroon; their place of origin for many, several generations ago now, is Chad. View other languages of Cameroon
Language Name
Kuo
User Population
7,950 in Cameroon (2011 SIL).
Map
Location: Logone Oriental region: Monts de Lam department, Baibokoum subprefecture.
Size and Vitality
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