Peve language

Not to be confused with Lame language.

Pévé
Lamé
Zime
Native to	Chad, Cameroon
Native speakers	ca. 35,000 (1999–2000)^[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Masa South Peve–Kaɗo Pévé
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`lme`
Glottolog	`peve1243`^[2]

Pévé, also called Lamé after its chief dialect, is an Afro-Asiatic language of Chad and Cameroon. Zime is a generic name, and Lamé is also used for a dialect of the related Ngeté-Herdé language.

References

↑ Pévé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Peve". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Masa languages

North	Azumeina Massa Musey Zumaya

South	Mesmé Ngeté-Herdé Pévé

Italics indicate extinct languages

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