Tsuvan (also known as Matsuvan, Motsuvan, Terki, Telaki, Teleki, Tchede) is an

Afro-Asiatic The Afroasiatic languages (also known as Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic) are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of th ...

language spoken in

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Far North Province The Far North Region, also known as the Extreme North Region (from ), is the northernmost and most populous constituent province of Cameroon, the Republic of Cameroon. It borders the North Region (Cameroon), North Region to the south, Chad to ...

. Tsuvan is spoken in the village (in fact, the massif) of Téléki by a group known as the Tchédé, who are often classified with the Gude. It is spoken east of the canton of Tchévi, commune of

Bourrha Bourrha is a town and commune in Cameroon. See also *Communes of Cameroon The Divisions of Cameroon are the third-level units of administration in Cameroon. They are organised by divisions and sub divisions of each province (now Regions). ...

, department of

Mayo-Tsanaga Mayo-Tsanaga is a department of Extreme-Nord Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 4,393 km and at the 2005 Census had a total population of 699,971. The capital of the department is at Mokolo. It is located within the Man ...

, Far North Region. Like Sharwa, it is also spoken the Northern Region, in the department of

Mayo-Louti Mayo-Louti is a department of North Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of and as of 2001 had a total population of 334,312. The capital of the department is Guider. Subdivisions The department is divided administratively into ...

(commune of

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). There are 2,300 speakers.

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