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Mser language

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Msər
Kuseri
Native toCameroon, Chad
RegionFar North Province, Cameroon; west Chad
Native speakers
500 in Cameroon (2004)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3kqx
Glottologmser1242
ELPMser

Mser (Msər), or Kousseri (Kuseri), is a moribund Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon and southwestern Chad. Dialects are Gawi, Houlouf, Kabe, Kalo, Mser (Kuseri).

In Cameroon, Mser is spoken in Kousseri (Kousséri 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).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Msər at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.