Wuzlam, also called Uldeme (Ouldémé), Udlam, Ouzlam, Uzam, Uzlam, and Mizlime, is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Chadic branch. It is spoken in northern Cameroon.
The (10,500 speakers) originally lived in the Wuzlam massif, in the canton of (arrondissement of Tokombéré, department of Maya-Sava, Far North Region). The northeastern edge of this massif is inhabited by speakers of Pelasla or Gwendelé, culturally assimilated to the Wuzlam, or "Ouldémé".
Phonology Consonants + Wuzlam consonants Labial Dental Palatal Velar LabiovelarImplosive Plosive Voiceless Voiced Prenasalized Nasal Fricative Voiceless Voiced Sonorant Approximant Vibrant The palatal series of consonants are apico-alveolar before and dorso-palatal before .
Vowels + Wuzlam vowels Front Non-frontTense Lax
Colombel states that the four vowels are distinguished by palatalization and tension.
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