Zulgo-Gemzek language

Zulgo-Gemzek
Zulgo-Gemzek
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Far North Province
Native speakers	26,000 (2002)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Wandala–Mafa Mafa (A.5) South (b) Zulgo-Gemzek; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Zəlgwa-Minew; Gemzek;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	gnd
Glottolog	zulg1242

Zulgo-Gemzek is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon. Dialects are Gemzek, Mineo, and Zulgo (Zəlgwa). Blench (2006) considers Zəlgwa-Minew and Gemzek to be distinct languages.^[2]

Zulgo-Gemzek only possesses two vowel phonemes: ə and a, one of the smallest vowel inventories of any language in the world.^[3]

^ Zulgo-Gemzek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
^ Chanard, Christian; Hartell, Rhonda L. (2019). Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). "Gemzek sound inventory (AA)". PHOIBLE. 2.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

[e18-1] Zulgo-Gemzek at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

[Phoible-3] Chanard, Christian; Hartell, Rhonda L. (2019). Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). "Gemzek sound inventory (AA)". PHOIBLE. 2.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved May 1, 2024.

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Zulgo-Gemzek language

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