Voko language

Longto (Lɔ̀ŋtó, Lõtó[3]), or Voko (Woko), is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages that is spoken in Poli Subdivision of Faro Department, Cameroon.

Longto language

Longto
Voko
RegionCameroon
Native speakers
(2,400 cited 1982)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3wok
Glottologlong1387[2]
PeopleLɔŋmó or Lõmó
LanguageLɔ̀ŋtó or Lõtó

Names

Speakers call themselves Lɔŋmó or Lõmó, and their language Lɔ̀ŋtó or Lõtó. Voko is an exonym. They call their village Gormaya, although outsiders refer to the village as Voko. Fulfulde is the local lingua franca.[4]

Villages

14 villages that are exclusively ethnic Longmo are Gormaya (Voko), Ouro-Kila, Delengui, Ndougouri, Longote, Paté-Petel, Paté-Manga, Ouro-Kessoum, Lenguerba, Mayo-Djarendi, Taroua, Meta-Diam, and Ngoutiri. Villages with both Longmo and Dooyaayo people are Ouro-Mbay, Salaki, and Guito.[4]

gollark: But said money could *probably* be used more effectively than playing the lottery.
gollark: I don't assume that, that would be weird.
gollark: Very strong time preference.
gollark: I suppose you can just read that as time preference if you want.
gollark: People don't try and make themselves as happy as possible or they would... probably eat better and exercise more than they (we...) do.

References

  1. Longto at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Longto". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Kleinewillinghöfer, Ulrich. 2012. Lexique Lɔ̀ŋtó-Français avec un index Français-Lɔ̀ŋtó. Lamido de Voko le Comite de Developpement du Lamidat de Voko et le Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Communaute Allemande de la Recherche Scientifique).
  4. Scott Westermann and Annette Westermann. 2001. A Rapid Appraisal Survey of Longto ALCAM [301]: Rapid Appraisal May 2001, Poli Subdivision, Faro Division, North Province, Cameroon.
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