Ngeté-Herdé language
| Ngeté-Herdé | |
|---|---|
| Lame | |
| Zime | |
| Native to | Chad |
Native speakers | (50,000 cited 1991–1999)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:nnn – Ngetehed – Herdé |
| Glottolog | nget1241 Ngeteherd1236 Herde |
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]
Zime is a generic name.
Phonology
[edit]The following is the He’dé dialect:
Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lateral | |||||||
| 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 | |||
| voiced | v | z | ɮ | ɦ | ||||
| Tap/Trill | ⱱ | r | ||||||
| Approximant | l | j | ˀj | w | ||||
/w/ may occasionally be heard as a labio-palatal [ɥ] when before front vowels.
Sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, ⁿd͡ʒ/ are realized as affricates [t͡s, d͡z, ⁿd͡z] among other dialects.
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ĩ | u ũ | |
| Mid | e ẽ | ə ə̃ | o õ |
| Open | a ã |
Sounds /e, ẽ/ and /o, õ/ may also be realized as more open [ɛ, ɛ̃] and [ɔ, ɔ̃], when in syllable-final positions.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Ngete at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Herdé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
- ^ Sachnine, Michka (1982). Le Lamé vùn-dzə̀pàò: Un parler zimé du Nord-Cameroun (langue tchadique). Paris: SELAF.
External links
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