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Mousgoum
The Musgum or Mulwi are a Chadic ethnic group in Cameroon and Chad. They speak Musgu language, Musgu, a Chadic language, which had 61,500 speakers in Cameroon in 1982 and 24,408 speakers in Chad in 1993. The Musgum call themselves ''Mulwi''. Distribution In Cameroon, the Musgum live in the Maga sub-division, Kai-Kai sub-division Mayo-Danay division, Far North Province. In Chad, they live in Bongor Subprefecture, Guelendeng, Katoa Mayo-Kebbi Prefecture, Wadang and in N'Djaména Subprefecture, in areas such as Ngueli, Sukkabir, etc. Chari-Baguirmi Prefecture. This territory lies between the Chari River, Chari and Logone River, Logone rivers. Increasing numbers of Musgum in Cameroon are settling farther north, in the direction of Kousséri. Waza, a national park in Cameroon is founded on Musgum territory. This name derives from the Musgum word "Waza" which means "my house, or my homeland"; Moulvoudaye, which means "I buy people" was a slave trading center. We also have the "peak of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musgu Language
Musgu is a cluster of closely related language varieties of the Biu–Mandara subgroup of the Chadic languages spoken in Cameroon and Chad. The endonym is ''Mulwi''. Blench (2006) classifies the three varieties as separate languages.Blench, 2006The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List(ms) Speakers of the extinct related language Muskum have switched to one of these. Names Muzuk is another name for the language. The term ''Mousgoum'' used in Cameroon is not used by the speakers themselves. Munjuk languages Munjuk languages: *Munjuk **Muzuk **Beege **Mpus **Vulum ''Munjuk'', from ''manjakay'' (H. Tourneux), refers to the a group of four related languages, not only Muzuk. Munjuk languages are spoken in northern Mayo-Danay Department (arrondissements of Maga, Yele, and Kai-Kai in the Far North Region). Beege and Mpus are found in the flood plains of the Logone River, in (Logone-et-Chari department, Zina district); Diamaré Diamaré is a department of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
