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(Redirected from Mawa language (Chad)) Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Chad
Mawa
Mahoua
Native toChad
Regioncentral
Native speakers(6,600 cited 2000)
Language familyAfro-Asiatic
Writing systemLatin
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.
East Chadic languages
East Chadic (A)
Sibine (A.1.1)
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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