Masa languages
{{Infobox language family
|name=Masa
|region=southwestern Chad and northern Cameroon
|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
|fam2=Chadic
|child1=North Masa
|child2=South Masa
|glotto=masa1323
|glottorefname=Masa
}}
The Masa languages are a group of closely related Chadic languages of southwestern Chad and northern Cameroon.
Languages
The Masa languages listed in Blench (2006) are:Blench, 2006. [http://rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/General/AALIST.pdf The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List] (ms)
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- Masa
- North
- Massa (Masana)
- ? Zumaya (†)
- Musey–Azumeina
- Musey
- Azumeina (Marba)
- South
- Mesmé
- Peve–Kaɗo{{anchor|Lamé}}
- Pévé
- Ngeté-Herdé
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The exonym Zime is used for the Herdé, Ngeté, Pévé, and Mesmé. Similarly, Kaɗo is a generic name for the Peve–Kaɗo languages, a couple of which are called Lamé as well.
=Shryock (1997)=
Shryock (1997: 32)Shryock, Aaron. 1997. The classification of the Masa group of languages. Studies in African Linguistics 26(1): 29‒62. subgroups the Masa languages as:
Numerals
Comparison of numerals in individual languages:{{Cite web|url=https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Afro-Asiatic.htm|title=The Afro-Asiatic Language Phylum|last=Chan|first=Eugene|publisher=Numeral Systems of the World's Languages|date=2019}}
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! Language !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 | ||||||||||
| Herdé (Zime) | ɗàw | hʷóèɓ | hī́ndʒìʔ | fíɗíʔ | vàɬ | kāŋɡīʔ | sēɗā | tʃɔ̀hòʔ | tēfer̄ɗɛw | ɡùɓ |
| Marba (1) | tú | mbà | híndí | fíɗí | váɬ | kárɡéyá | kíɗìzíyà | ʔàklávándí | ɬéŋá | dóɡò |
| Marba (2) | tù | mbà | ɦìndí | fíɗí | vàɬ | kàraɡàyà | sìdìzìjá | klàvàndì | ɮèèŋà | dòk / dòɡò |
| Masana (Massa) | kèp, tù, tùm | màʔ | ɦìdí | fìɗì | vàɬ | kàrɡìjà | sìdìjà | ɡlàvàndí | ɮèŋè | dòòk |
| Mesme (Zime) | ɗāw | hɔ̀ɓ | hīndì | fíɗí | vàtl | kāndī | sēɗā | tʃɔ̃hō̃ | tɛ̄rfīɗɛ̄w | ɡùɓ / ɡùp |
| Musey (Musei) (1) | dèw | ɓà | híndí | fídí | fàɬ | kárɡìyá | kídísìyá | kálvàndì | ɬèŋŋè | dòɡò |
| Musey (Musei) (2) | dèw | mbà | ɦìndì | fídí | vàɬ | kàrɡìjá | kìdìzìjá | kàlvàndì | ɮèŋè | dòk / dòɡò |
| Pévé (1) | ɗaw | hoɓ | hínjiʔ | fə́ɗiʔ | váɬ | kánkiʔ | syéɗaʔ * | tsóhoʔ | tʃéfaɗew | ɡuɓ |
| Pévé (2) | ɗao | hwōɓ | hínjī | fúɗī | vātl | kánkí | sédā | tʃóhō | tʃéfāɗēo | ɡwúɓ |
See also
- List of Proto-Masa reconstructions (Wiktionary)
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110524073351/http://www.africanlanguages.org/chadic_masa.html Masa Chadic resources] at africanlanguages.org
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