Musey language

Musey is a Chadic language of Chad and Cameroon. There is a degree of mutual intelligibility with Masana.

Musey
Native toChad, Cameroon
Native speakers
260,000 (2005–2006)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3mse
Glottologmuse1242

Phonology

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t tʃ k
voiced b d dʒ ɡ
implosive ɓ ɗ
prenasalized mb nd nd͡ʒ ŋɡ
Fricative voiceless f s ɬ h
voiced v z ɮ ɦ
Nasal m n ŋ
Flap ɾ
Approximant w l j

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

[2]

References
  1. Musey at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Shryock, Aaron M. (1992). Consonants and tone in Musey. UCLA.


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