The Maɗa (17,000 speakers) inhabit the Maɗa massif, on the eastern edge of the Mandara Mountains, between the Wuzlam massif to the north and the Zélgwa massif to the south. They live in the canton of Madakalkoss, arrondissement of Tokombéré, department of Mayo-Sava, Far North Region.[2]
^Maɗa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM) [Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN9789956796069.
Referencesedit
Daniel Barreteau & André Brunet. 2000. Dictionnaire mada. Berlin: Reimer.
maɗa, language, confused, with, mada, language, maɗa, chadic, language, spoken, northern, cameroon, speakers, maɗanative, tocameroonregionfar, north, region, cameroonnative, speakers, cited, 1982, language, familyafro, asiatic, chadicbiu, mandarawandala, mafam. Not to be confused with Mada language Maɗa is a Chadic language spoken in northern Cameroon It has 17 000 speakers MaɗaNative toCameroonRegionFar North Region CameroonNative speakers 17 000 cited 1982 1 Language familyAfro Asiatic ChadicBiu MandaraWandala MafaMafa A 5 South a MaɗaLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code mxu class extiw title iso639 3 mxu mxu a Glottologmada1293The Maɗa 17 000 speakers inhabit the Maɗa massif on the eastern edge of the Mandara Mountains between the Wuzlam massif to the north and the Zelgwa massif to the south They live in the canton of Madakalkoss arrondissement of Tokombere department of Mayo Sava Far North Region 2 Contents 1 Vowels 2 Consonants 3 Notes 4 ReferencesVowels editMaɗa has seven vowels Front Middle BackHigh i uMiddle e o e oLow aConsonants editMaɗa has 25 consonants in total including implosives lateral fricatives and prenasalized stops Labial Labiodental Alveolar Palatal Velar Velar Glottal Rounded GlottalStop Tenuis p t k kʷVoiced b d g ɡʷImplosive ɓ ɗPrenasalized ᵐb ⁿd ᵑgNasal m n ŋFricative Tenuis f s h hʷVoiced v zLateral fricative Tenuis ɬVoiced ɮAffricate Tenuis tsVoiced dzPrenasalized ⁿdzRhotic rApproximate w jLateral approximate lNotes edit Maɗa at Ethnologue 18th ed 2015 subscription required Binam Bikoi Charles ed 2012 Atlas linguistique du Cameroun ALCAM Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon Atlas linguistique de l Afrique centrale ALAC in French Vol 1 Inventaire des langues Yaounde CERDOTOLA ISBN 9789956796069 References editDaniel Barreteau amp Andre Brunet 2000 Dictionnaire mada Berlin Reimer http pbase phon chass ncsu edu language 322 This article about a Biu Mandara language is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Cameroon related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maɗa language amp oldid 1096639458, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
