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Masa languages

Masa languages

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The Masa languages are a group of closely related Chadic languages of southwestern Chad and northern Cameroon.

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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]

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References

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