Mawa language

Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Chad
Mawa
Mahoua
Native toChad
Regioncentral
Native speakers
6,600 (2000)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Writing system
Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3mcw
Glottologmawa1270

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

Notes

  1. ^ Mawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List Archived 2020-12-13 at the Wayback Machine (ms)

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.
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East Chadic languages
East Chadic (A)
Sibine (A.1.1)
  • Mire
  • Ndam
  • Somrai
  • Tumak
    • Mawer
    • Motun
Miltu (A.1.2)
Nancere (A.2.1)
Gabri (A.2.2)
Kwang (A.3)
East Chadic (B)
Dangla (B.1.1)
Mubi (B.1.2)
Sokoro (B.3)
Barain (B.4)
Others
Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages


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