Mser (Msər), or Kousseri (Kuseri), is a moribund
Afro-Asiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (also known as Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic) are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of th ...
language spoken in northern
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
and southwestern
Chad
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North Africa, North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to Chad–Libya border, the north, Sudan to Chad–Sudan border, the east, the Central Afric ...
. Dialects are Gawi, Houlouf, Kabe, Kalo, Mser (Kuseri).
In Cameroon, Mser is spoken in Kousseri (
Kousséri
Kousséri (from ''quṣūr'' meaning "palaces"), founded and known as Mser in the indigenous Mser language, is a city in Far North Province, Cameroon. It is the capital of the Logone-et-Chari department. It is a market town, and its populatio ...
and
Logone-Birni communes, Chari Department, Far North Region). It is also spoken in Chad. There is a total of 2,100 speakers (in both Cameroon and Chad).
References
Biu-Mandara languages
Endangered Afroasiatic languages
Languages of Chad
Languages of Cameroon
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