Mawa (also known as Mahwa, Mahoua) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.
| Mawa | |
|---|---|
| Mahoua | |
| Native to | Chad |
| Region | central |
Native speakers | 6,600 (2000)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mcw |
| Glottolog | mawa1270 |
Notes
edit- ^ Mawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List Archived 2020-12-13 at the Wayback Machine (ms)
References
edit- Hutchinson, Noelle, and Eric Johnson. 2006. A sociolinguistic survey of the Ubi language of Chad. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2006-002. Dallas: SIL International. Online. URL: https://sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2006-002.
- Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 1981b. Über die Mawa (Guera, Tschad) – Ethnographische und linguistische Notizen. In: I. Hofmann (ed.), Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von P. Anton Vorbichler, 47–70.
- Roberts, James. 2009. Palatalization and Labialization in Mawa (Eastern Chadic). In: Rothmaler, Eva (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics V, 129–140. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
- Roberts, James. 2013. The tone system of Mawa. In: Henry Tourneux (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics VII, Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
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