Masa languages

Masa
Geographic
distribution		southwestern Chad and northern Cameroon
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Subdivisions
  • North Masa
  • South Masa
Language codes
Glottologmasa1323

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:[1]

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)[2] subgroups the Masa languages as:

Numerals

Comparison of numerals in individual languages:[3]

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

References

  1. ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  2. ^ Shryock, Aaron. 1997. The classification of the Masa group of languages. Studies in African Linguistics 26(1): 29‒62.
  3. ^ Chan, Eugene (2019). "The Afro-Asiatic Language Phylum". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages.