Mser

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A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3
kqx
Alternate Names
Kotoko-Kuseri, Kouseri, Kousseri, Kuseri, Msər
User Population

500 in Cameroon (Tourneux 2004). 40,000 all Kotoko languages (Tourneux 2004).

Location

Far North region: Logone-and-Chari division, Kousséri subdivision.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, B, B.1, Kotoko Proper, South
Dialects

Houlouf (Mani), Gawi (Makari), Mser (Kousseri), Kabe, Kalo (Kalakafra). Comprehension of Lagwan [kot] is marginal. Related to Lagwan, Afade [aal], Malgbe [mxf], Maslam [msv], and Mpade [mpi].

Language Use

In rapid decline (Tourneux 2004). Shifted to Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mser
Writing

Latin script [Latn], developed in 1999, experimental usage.

Other Comments

‘Mandage’ is used by the Kotoko to refer to either the northern group of Kotoko languages (Mpade [mpi], Afade [aal], Maslam [msv], Malgbe [mxf]) or the Kotoko group as a whole (including Mser [kqx] and Lagwan [mxf]). Muslim.

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