Masa

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Masa is a Central Chadic language spoken primarily in parts of Cameroon and Chad.

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Label Occurrences
Masa canonical 3

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language
Central Chadic language
Chadic language
language
continent Africa
country Cameroon
Chad
endangeredStatus vulnerable
glottologCode masa1320
glottologName Masa self-link
hasAlternativeName Masaa
Masana
Yagoua
Yagwa
hasDialect Northern Masa
Southern Masa
Yagwa dialect
hasEthnologueEntry Masa language
hasLinguisticFeature subject–verb–object word order
tonal language
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative tendencies
fusional
hasNeighboringLanguage Kotoko languages
Mofu-Gudur
Moundang
surface form: Mundang
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length distinctions
contrastive tone
iso639-3Code mcn
isSubjectOf Afroasiatic historical linguistics research
Chadic comparative studies
languageBranch Central Chadic peoples
surface form: Central Chadic
languageFamily Afroasiatic languages
surface form: Afroasiatic
languageSubfamily Chadic
primaryUsageDomain everyday communication
oral tradition
region Far North Region (Cameroon)
surface form: Far North Region of Cameroon

southwestern Chad
spokenIn Cameroon
Chad
subclassOf Afroasiatic languages
Chadic languages
surface form: Central Chadic languages

Chadic languages
usedByEthnicGroup Masa people NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Masa glottologName Masa self-link