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Parkwa

A language of Cameroon

ISO 639-3: pbi

Population	30,000 (1993 SIL).
Region	Far North Province, Mayo-Sava Division, Mora Subdivision, west and southwest of Mora.
Language map	Northern Cameroon, reference number 24
Alternate names	Gwadi Parekwa, Kudala, Padogo, Padokwa, Paduko, Parekwa, Pawdawkwa, Podogo, Podoko, Podokwo
Classification	Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, Biu-Mandara, A, A.4, Mandara Proper, Podoko
Language development	Dictionary. NT: 1992.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ANDERSON, Stephen C., editor. 1991. Tone in five languages of Cameroon.  

ANDERSON, Stephen C.; SWACKHAMER, Jeanette, authors. 1981. "From consonants to downstep in Podoko."

JARVIS, Elizabeth, author. 1981. "Some considerations in establishing the basic word order of Podoko."

JARVIS, Elizabeth, author. 1983. "Podoko verbal directionals."

JARVIS, Elizabeth, author. 1984. "Suffixes verbaux en podoko: Abstraction et réalisation."

JARVIS, Elizabeth, author. 1986. "Nominal and verbal pluralisation in Podoko."

JARVIS, Elizabeth, author. 1989. "Esquisse grammaticale du podoko."

JARVIS, Elizabeth, author. 1991. "Tense and aspect in Podoko narrative and procedural discourse."  

JARVIS, Elizabeth; NDOULA, Lagona, compilers. 2003. Podoko provisional lexicon.  

JARVIS, Elizabeth; SWACKHAMER, Jeanette, authors. 1981. "Notes on the internal structure of Podoko narrative discourse."

MBANJI, Bawe Ernest, illustrator; GFELLER, Elisabeth, editor. 1990. Multilingual Cameroon: Reader in Cameroonian languages = Cameroun multilingue: Lectures en langues camerounaises .

SWACKHAMER, Jeanette, author. 1991. "Tonal behavior of Podoko verbs in independent clauses."  

SWACKHAMER, Jeanette, compiler. Available: 2010; Created: 1979. Podoko text and Podoko concordance (computerized).

Vernacular Publications

À dzaki mǝ ndahi gwaɗi parǝkwa!. 1991.

Wakita ndǝgwi tekweshǝ dǝ gwaɗi parǝkwa 2. 1989.

Wakita ta jekǝ ndahi gwaɗi parǝkwa 2. 1984.

Wakita ta jekǝ ndahi gwaɗi parǝkwa 2. 1984.

Wakita ta jekǝ ndahi gwaɗi parǝkwa ŋǝ maître. 1984.

Wakita ta jekǝ ndahi gwaɗi parǝkwa. 1982.