Ngeté-Herdé language

Not to be confused with Lame language or Peve language.

Ngeté-Herdé
Lame
Zime
Native to	Chad
Native speakers	unknown (50,000 cited 1991–1999)^[1]
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)^[2] `herd1236` (Herde)^[3]

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^[4]

Zime is a generic name.

References

↑ Ngete at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Herdé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Ngete". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Herde". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
↑ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

Masa languages

North	Azumeina Massa Musey Zumaya

South	Mesmé Ngeté-Herdé Pévé

Italics indicate extinct languages

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