Wuzlam, also called Uldeme (Ouldémé), is an

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language of the

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branch. It is spoken in northern

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. The Wuzlam (10,500 speakers) originally lived in the Wuzlam massif, in the canton of (arrondissement of

Tokombéré Tokombéré is a town and Communes of Cameroon, commune in Cameroon. The town has approximately 10,000 inhabitants and the commune approximately 80,000. Surrounded by rocky hills, Tokombéré is a crossroads for multiple ethnic groups, includ ...

, department of Maya-Sava, Far North Region). The northeastern edge of this massif is inhabited by speakers of Pelasla or Gwendelé, culturally assimilated to the Wuzlam, or "Ouldémé".

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References

* Veronique de Colombel. 1997. ''La langue ouldeme nord-Cameroun: précis de grammaire, texte, lexique''. Paris: Association LInguistique Africaine. * D. Pierre Provoost & S. Pierre Koulifa. 1987. ''Essai sur la langue uldeme''. Archives d'anthropologie 30. Tervuren: Musee Royal de l'Afrique Central. Biu-Mandara languages Languages of Cameroon {{Cameroon-stub