Masa languages

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Masa
Geographic
distribution		Chad, Cameroon
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Subdivisions
  • North
  • South
Glottologmasa1323

The Masa languages are a group of a dozen closely related Chadic languages of West Africa.

Languages

The Masa languages listed in Blench (2006) are:[1]

The exonym Zime is used for the Herdé, Ngeté, Pévé, and Mesmé. Similarly, Kaɗo is a generic name for the Peve–Kaɗo languages, a couple of which are called Lamé as well.

References

  1. ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)

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