Sar | |
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Madjingay | |
Native to | Chad |
Native speakers | (180,000 cited 1993 census) [1] |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
mwm |
Glottolog |
sarr1246 |
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.
The consonants are as follows. [2]
Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex |
Postalveolar / Palatal |
Velar | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive/ Affricate |
tenuis | p | t | k | ||
voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | ||
prenasalized | m͡b | n͡d | n͡dʒ | ŋ͡ɡ | ||
implosive | ɓ | ɗ | ||||
Fricative | s | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||
Liquid | oral | l | ɽ | |||
nasalized | ɽ̃ | |||||
Semi-vowel | oral | j | w | |||
nasalized | j̃ |
Vowels and nasal vowels are as follows:
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i ĩ | ɨ | u ũ |
Mid | e ẽ | ( ə) | o õ |
ɔ | |||
Open | a ã |
/o, e/ can also be heard as [ə]. [3]
There are three tones. [4] [5]
Tone | Example | Gloss |
---|---|---|
high | ɡáŋɡá | drum |
mid | māl | scavenger |
low | jàbə̀ | hippopotamus |
nasal | tã | sauce |