Mawa language

{{Infobox language

|name=Mawa

|altname=Mahoua

|states=Chad

|region=central

|ethnicity=

|speakers={{sigfig|6,560|2}}

|date=2000

|ref=e18

|script=Latin

|familycolor=Afro-Asiatic

|fam2=Chadic

|fam3=East Chadic

|fam4=East Chadic B

|fam5=Sokoro (B.3)Blench, 2006. [https://rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/General/AALIST.pdf The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213215809/http://rogerblench.info/Language/Afroasiatic/General/AALIST.pdf |date=2020-12-13 }} (ms)

|iso3=mcw

|glotto=mawa1270

|glottorefname=Mawa (Chad)

}}

Mawa (also known as Mahwa, Mahoua) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.

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References

Hutchinson, Noelle, and Eric Johnson. 2006. A sociolinguistic survey of the Ubi language of Chad. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2006-002. Dallas: SIL International. Online. URL: https://sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2006-002.
Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 1981b. Über die Mawa (Guera, Tschad) – Ethnographische und linguistische Notizen. In: I. Hofmann (ed.), Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von P. Anton Vorbichler, 47–70.
Roberts, James. 2009. Palatalization and Labialization in Mawa (Eastern Chadic). In: Rothmaler, Eva (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics V, 129–140. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
Roberts, James. 2013. The tone system of Mawa. In: Henry Tourneux (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics VII, Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.

Category:East Chadic languages

Category:Languages of Chad