Musey is a
Chadic language
The Chadic languages form a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They are spoken in parts of the Sahel. They include 150 languages spoken across northern Nigeria, southern Niger, southern Chad, the Central African Republic, and northern Ca ...
of
Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
and
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...
. There is a degree of
mutual intelligibility
In linguistics, mutual intelligibility is a relationship between languages or dialects in which speakers of different but related varieties can readily understand each other without prior familiarity or special effort. It is sometimes used as an ...
with
Masana. Although Musey and Masa are mutually unintelligible, many Musey speakers also speak Masa.
Distribution
Musey is spoken east of Guéré, in the southern part of
Mayo-Danay
Mayo-Danay is a department of Far North Province, Cameroon. The department covers an area of 5,303 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 529,061. The capital of the department is at Yagoua.
Subdivisions
The department is divid ...
commune in
Danay department, Far North Region, by 20,000 speakers in Cameroon. It is also spoken in Chad.
Phonology
Consonants
Vowels
Lax allophones of /i u e o/ occur as
ª ÊŠ É› É”
References
External links
Musey language materialsfrom UCLA
Chadic languages
Languages of Chad
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