Cuvok language

Cuvok (French: Tchouvok) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in northern Cameroon.^[1]

Cuvok
Native to	Cameroon
Region	Far North Province
Native speakers	13,500 (2021)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Biu–Mandara Wandala–Mafa Mafa (A.5) South (d) Cuvok
Language codes
ISO 639-3	cuv
Glottolog	cuvo1236

Cuvok is spoken by about 5,000 speakers (ALCAM 1983) in and around Tchouvok, near Zamay (Mokolo commune, Mayo-Tsanaga department), Far North Region. Cuvok is about as closely related to Mefele (especially the Muhura dialect) as North Mofu is to South Mofu.^[2]

Cuvok's vowel inventory only contains two phonemes: ə and a, one of the smallest of any language.^[3]