Tupuri language
Tupuri (or Toupouri) is a language mostly spoken in the Mayo-Kebbi Est Region of southern Chad and in small parts of northern Cameroon. It is an Mbum language spoken by the Tupuri people with approximately 300,000 speakers.
| Tupuri | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Chad, Cameroon |
| Ethnicity | Tupuri people |
Native speakers | 320,000 (2005–2019)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tui |
| Glottolog | tupu1244 |
Tupuri was erroneously classified as a Chadic language by Joseph Greenberg, due to a vocabulary list that is actually that of Kera (cf. K. Ebert 1974).[2]
Distribution
Tupuri is predominantly spoken in the southeastern part of the Moulvouday plain, in:[2]
- Kaélé, Porhi, Taibong villages in Moulvouday commune
- Guidigis commune, in Mayo-Kani department
- Kar-Hay, Kalfou, Datcheka, Tchatibali communes in Mayo-Danay department
The Viri or Wina are ethnically Tupuri, but today they speak a Massa dialect.[2]
Tupuri is also spoken in Chad. In Cameroon, it has about 125,000 speakers (SIL 2000).[2]
Phonology
References
- Tupuri at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- 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.
- Ruelland, Suzanne (1988). Dictionnaire Tupuri-Français-Anglais (Région de Mindaoré- Tchad). Paris: SELAF.
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