Moloko language

They live in the village of Mokyo and the surrounding areas of Makalingay canton, Tokombéré arrondissement, Mayo-Sava department.

[3] According to local oral history, the Moloko communities are made up of three distinct ethnic groups, rather than a singular one.

During the Fulani invasions of the 19th century, these groups sought refuge near the Moloko mountain, where they would eventually come to speak the same language.

In cities, children grow up in communities where there are many different languages, so they tend to speak Fulfulde.

Otherwise, where Melokwo people congregate, Moloko language use is strong in every age group and in every area of family life.

Some analyses consider the epenthetic to be its own unique vowel, thus making Moloko a two-vowel system.

[5] Despite only having one vowel phoneme, there are 32 consonants in Moloko Allophones are noted in parentheses, the alveolar sibilants /s z ts dz ⁿz/ can be realized postalveolar sibilants [ʃ ʒ tʃ dʒ ⁿʒ], the alveolar nasal /n/ is realized as velar [ŋ] word-finally.