Massa language
Not to be confused with Limassa language.
Massa | |
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Masana | |
Native to | Chad, Cameroon |
Native speakers | unknown (230,000 cited 1982–2006)[1] |
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ISO 639-3 |
mcn |
Glottolog |
masa1322 (Manasa)[2]gize1234 (Gizey)[3]hama1241 (Ham)[4] |
Massa (or Masana, Masa) is a language spoken in southern Chad and northern Cameroon. It is a Chadic language with approximately 200,000 speakers.
Dialects are Bongor, Bugudum (Budugum), Domo, Gizay, Gumay, Ham, Walia, Wina (Viri), Yagwa.
Kim, a neighboring language, was once misclassified as Masa.
References
- ↑ Massa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Manasa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Gizey". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
- ↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ham". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
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