Sar language

Sar
Sar
Madjingay
Native to	Chad
Native speakers	(180,000 cited 1993 census)
Language family	Nilo-Saharan? Central Sudanic Bongo–Bagirmi Sara languages East Sar; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Sar; Nar;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mwm

Sar or Sara, also known as Madjingay and Sara Madjingay is a Bongo–Bagirmi language of southern Chad, and the lingua franca of regional capital of Sarh.

Phonology

The consonants are as follows.^[2]

		Labial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Post-alveolar /palatal	Velar
Stop/ affricate	tenuis	p	t			k
	voiced	b	d		d͡ʒ	ɡ
	implosive	ɓ	ɗ
	prenasalized	m͡b	n͡d		n͡dʒ	ŋ͡ɡ
Fricative			s
Nasal		m	n
Liquid	oral		l	ɽ
Liquid	nasalized			ɽ̃
Semi-vowel	oral				j	w
Semi-vowel	nasalized				j̃

There are three tones.^[3]

^ Sar at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
^ Template:Fr Fournier, Maurice, Les consonnes du sar, dans Études phonologiques tchadiennes (Jean-Pierre Caprile, éd.), pp. 37-44, Paris, SELAF, 1977, ISBN 2-85297-019-8
^ Template:Fr Moundo Ndimajibay, Nei-Balway, Les limites des modifications en sar, dans Études phonologiques tchadiennes (Jean-Pierre Caprile, éd.), pp. 45-58, Paris, SELAF, 1977, ISBN 2-85297-019-8

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