Maɗa language

Maɗa is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon. It has 17,000 speakers.

Not to be confused with Mada language.
Maɗa
Native toCameroon
RegionFar North Region, Cameroon
Native speakers
(17,000 cited 1982)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3mxu
Glottologmada1293

The Maɗa (17,000 speakers) inhabit the Maɗa massif, on the eastern edge of the Mandara Mountains, between the Wuzlam massif to the north and the Zélgwa massif to the south. They live in the canton of Madakalkoss, arrondissement of Tokombéré, department of Mayo-Sava, Far North Region.[2]

Vowels

Maɗa has seven vowels.

Front Middle Back
High i u
Middle e ø ə o
Low a

Consonants

Maɗa has 25 consonants in total, including implosives, lateral fricatives, and prenasalized stops.

Labial Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar Velar Glottal Rounded Glottal
Stop Tenuis p t k kʷ
Voiced b d g ɡʷ
Implosive ɓ ɗ
Prenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ᵑg
Nasal m n ŋ
Fricative Tenuis f s h hʷ
Voiced v z
Lateral fricative Tenuis ɬ
Voiced ɮ
Affricate Tenuis ts
Voiced dz
Prenasalized ⁿdz
Rhotic r
Approximate w j
Lateral approximate l

Notes
  1. Maɗa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.

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