ISO_639:hed

Ngeté-Herdé
Ngeté-Herdé
Lame
Zime
Native to	Chad
Native speakers	(50,000 cited 1991–1999)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic Masa South Peve–Kaɗo Ngeté-Herdé; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Dzəpaw; Ngeté; He’dé;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; nnn – Ngete; hed – Herdé
Glottolog	nget1241 Ngete; herd1236 Herde

Ngeté-Herdé language

Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster of Chad

Ngeté-Herdé, also known as Lamé, is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster of Chad. Varieties are:

Dzəpaw, or Lamé
Ngeté (Nguetté), or Sorga-Ngeté
Herdé (He’dé), or Heɗe-Rong^[2]

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[e18-1] [1]
Ngete at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Herdé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] [2]
Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

[3] [3]
Sachnine, Michka (1982). Le Lamé vùn-dzə̀pàò: Un parler zimé du Nord-Cameroun (langue tchadique). Paris: SELAF.

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		Labial	Alveolar		Post-alv./ Palatal		Velar	Glottal
		Labial	plain	lateral	Post-alv./ Palatal		Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n		ɲ		ŋ
Stop/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t		t͡ʃ		k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		d͡ʒ		ɡ
	prenasal	ᵐb	ⁿd		ⁿd͡ʒ		ᵑɡ
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ɬ				h
Fricative	voiced	v	z	ɮ				ɦ
Tap/Trill		ⱱ	r
Approximant				l	j	ˀj	w

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ĩ		u ũ
Mid	e ẽ	ə ə̃	o õ
Open		a ã

ISO_639:hed

Ngeté-Herdé language

Phonology

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