East Chadic languages

Afro-Asiatic language branch

East Chadic

Geographic
distribution| southern Chad and northern Cameroon
Linguistic classification| Afro-Asiatic

* Chadic
* East Chadic

Subdivisions|

* East Chadic A
* East Chadic B

Glottolog| east2632

East Chadic per Newman (1977)

The three dozen East Chadic languages of the Chadic family are spoken in Chad and Cameroon.[1]

Speakers of various East Chadic languages are locally known as Hadjarai peoples. [2] [3] The largest East Chadic language is Nancere. [4]

## Languages[edit]

The branches of East Chadic go either by names or by letters and numbers in an outline format.[5]

The East Chadic B classification follows that of Lovestrand (2012).

* East Chadic A
* Sibine (A.1.1): Mire, Ndam, Somrai, Tumak, Motun, Mawer
* Miltu (A.1.2): Boor, Gadang, Miltu, Sarua
* Nancere (A.2.1):[6] Nancere, Kimré, Lele
* Gabri (A.2.2):[6] Gabri, Kabalai, Tobanga
* Kwang (A.3): Kwang, Kera
* East Chadic B[7]
* B.1
* Dangla (B.1.1): Bidiyo (Bidiya), Dangaléat (Dangla), Birgit, Jonkor Bourmataguil, Mabire, Migaama, Mogum (Jegu), Toram
* Mubi (B.1.2): Mubi, Kajakse, Masmaje, Zirenkel (Zerenkel)
* ? Kujargé (B.1.3)[8]
* Mokilko (Mukulu, Gergiko) (B.2)
* Sokoro (B.3): Saba, Sokoro, Tamki, Mawa, Ubi[9]
* Barein (Baraïn) (B.4, including the Jalking or Jelkung dialect)

Peust (2018), however, has a somewhat different phylogenetic classification for East Chadic.[10] The most striking change is the repositioning of Mokilko (B.2) from East Chadic B to East Chadic A, where it now constitutes the first branch to separate, followed by Lele-Nancere (A.2.1). Within East Chadic B, he treats the Mubi group (B.1.2) as the first primary branching, with all the rest forming a subgroup divided between Dangla (B.1.1) in the north and Barain plus Sokoro (B.3 and B.4) in the south.

East Chadic A is distributed primarily in Tandjilé and neighbouring regions. East Chadic B is distributed primarily in Guéra and neighbouring regions.[11]

## Numerals[edit]

Comparison of numerals in individual languages:[12]

Classification | Language | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

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A, A.1 | Somrai | mə́n | sə́r | súbù | wōdə̄ | jì | kubì | wúrɡə́ súbù (4 + 3) ? | də̀ná sə́r (10 - 2) | də̀ná mə́n (10 - 1) | mwàtʃ
A, A.1 | Tumak | mə̀n | hɛ̀ | sùb | wōrī | ùsì | ùɡì | ɗáksùb | wāwār (2 x 4) ? | bìsāmə̄n (10 - 1) ? | kwàr
A, A.2 | Gabri | pɔ̀n | wɔ̄ | sùbū | pɔ́rbú | bày | jī | jūrɡú | mārɡə́ | tə́nɡɛ̄sə́ | mɔ̀tʃ
A, A.2, 1 | Kimré | pɔn | wɔ | subu | pɔrbu | bai | dʒi | dʒurɡəm | marɡə | diŋɡɛsə | mwɔdʒ
A, A.2, 1 | Lele | pínà | sò | súbà | pórìŋ | bày | ménèŋ | mátòlíŋ | juruɡù | célà | ɡoro
A, A.2, 1 | Nancere | pə̀nà | sùwœ̀ | sàb | pə̄rí | bày | mə̀nə̀ | màtàl | pə̄rpə̄ndə̄ | tʃélə̄ | ɡùwàrə̀
A, A.3 | Kera | mə́ná | ɓásí | sóópe | wááɗe | wííɗíw / suŋku mə́ná | kə́nə́kí | sééɗa | ásəɡə̀n | támbə̀là | mánhòr / suŋku ɓásí
A, A.3 | Kwang (Kwong) | mɪn | rai | sɪpai | wuɗai | wiʔyɪm | sɪdəəŋ | bʊkʊr | kauda | bɪdaamna | rukop
B, B.1, 1 | Bidiya (Bidiyo) (1) | ke | siɗi | subaŋ | paɗaŋ | beeyʼeŋ | peŋkeyʼ (5 + 1) | pisiɗaŋ (5 + 2) | porpoɗ (2 x 4) | peŋda | orro
B, B.1, 1 | Bidiyo (Bidiya) (2) | keʔeŋ (masculine), kaɗya (feminine) | siɗì | subaŋ | paaɗaŋ | bèeʔeŋ | pénkeʔ (5 + 1) | píisit (5 + 2) | porpoɗ (2 x 4) | penda | ɔ̀rrɔ̀
B, B.1, 1 | Dangla (Dangaléat) | ɾákkí | sɛ́ɛrɔ́ | súbbà | pooɗí | bɛɛɗyì | bidyɡèɗy | pɛ̀ɛ́sírà | póɗpóɗ | parkà | ɔ̀rɔ̀kì
B, B.1, 1 | Mawa (1) | pəni | ɾap | sup | paːt | bij | byaːpat (5 + 1) ? | byamat | patpat (2 x 4) | kwapinikara (10 - 1) ? | kwaːjan
B, B.1, 1 | Mawa (2) | pənni | rap | sup | pat | bii | biaapan (5 + 1) ? | biamat | patpat (2 x 4) | kuapinikara (10 - 1) ? | kuayan
B, B.1, 1 | Migama (1) | káƴì | séèrà | súbbà | póoɗí | béeƴá | bízɡíƴÍ | pàysárà | póppóɗí (2 x 4) | párnàkáƴÍ (10 - 1) | ʔórrò
B, B.1, 1 | Migama (2) | káɗyì | séèrà | súbbà | póoɗí | béeɗyá | bízɡíɗyì | pàysárà | póppóɗí (2 x 4) | pârnàkáɗyì (10 -1) | ʔôrrò
B, B.1, 1 | Mogum | kɛ̀ (m), kā (f) | sɛ̀ | sup | poot | bey | mik | payse | porpide | barkɛt | orrok
B, B.1, 1 | Ubi | piina | muɗu | suɓa | poɗa | bɛɛja | bɛɛpɛne (5 + 1) | bɛɛmuɗu (5 + 2) | porpoɗa (2 x 4) | kojpane (litː 'koj = hand') | orok
B, B.1, 2 | Mubi (1) | fíní | sìr | súɓà | fádà | bíɗyà | ìstàlà | béesír | fàrbàt | férbínì | kúrúk
B, B.1, 2 | Mubi (2) | fini | sir | suba | fada | bija | istala | besir | farbad [farbat] | ferbine | kuruk
B, B.1, 2 | Zerenkel | pínné | siirí | sùbbà | páɗɗá | bíƴƴá | istala | bèèsiri | paarpaɗì | paarpinò | kúrúkí
B, B.2 | Mukulu | sò(ò) / só(ó) | sìré | áɗó | pìɗé | páá(t) | zóó(t) | sárá(t) | ɡéssírè | ɡéssá(t) | kòòmá(t)
B, B.3 | Barein | paniŋ | sidi | subu | pudu | dawsu | dasumaniŋ (5 + 1) | dasisidi (5 + 2) | dasusubu (5 + 3) | dasumpudu (5 + 4) | kur
B, B.3 | Sokoro | kéttì / ker̃í | móɗù | súbà | paʔáɗà | biʔà | bépini | bémoɗù | béʃíba | bépʌɗʌ̀ | ór̃kà

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Glottolog 4.7 - East Chadic". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2022-12-27.
2. ^ Olson, James Stuart (1996). The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary. Greenwood Press. p. 213\. ISBN 0-313-27918-7.
3. ^ Chapelle, Jean (1981). Le Peuple Tchadien: ses racines et sa vie quotidienne (in French). L'Harmattan. pp. 178–179. ISBN 2-85802-169-4.
4. ^ Peust, Carsten (2018). "The subgrouping of East Chadic". Folia Orientalia (55). doi:10.24425/for.2018.124686.
5. ^ Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms); Buso deleted as a separate branch per Hammarström (2015)
6. ^ a b Languages in both the Nancere and Gabri branches go by the names of Kimre and Gabri. The two branches together are sometimes also called Gabri.
7. ^ Lovestrand, Joseph (2012). "Classification and description of the Chadic languages of the Guéra (East Chadic B)" (PDF). SIL Electronic Working Papers 2012-004. SIL International.
8. ^ Kujargé appears to have ties with the Mubi languages, but perhaps not genetic ones. Its classification is uncertain.
9. ^ Previously classified as Dangla
10. ^ Peust, Carsten (2018). "The subgrouping of East Chadic". Folia Orientalia (55). doi:10.24425/for.2018.124686.
11. ^ Oxfam and Office National de Développement Rural (ONDR). 2016. Atlas de la vulnérabilité dans le Guera. Première partie: synthèse regional. 2nd edition (updated from 2013 edition). PASISAT (Projet d'Appui à l'Amélioration du Système d'Information sur la Sécurité Alimentaire au Tchad).
12. ^ Chan, Eugene (2019). "The Afro-Asiatic Language Phylum". Numeral Systems of the World's Languages.

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East Chadic languages

East Chadic (A)|

| Sibine|

* Mawer
* Mire
* Motun
* Ndam
* Somrai
* Tumak

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Miltu|

* Boor
* Gadang
* Miltu
* Sarua

Nancere|

* Kimré
* Lele
* Nancere

Gabri|

* Gabri
* Kabalai
* Tobanga

Kwang|

* Kera
* Kwang

Others|

* Buso

East Chadic (B)|

| Dangla (B.1.1)|

* Bidiyo
* Birgit
* Dangaléat
* Jonkor Bourmataguil
* Mabire
* Migaama
* Mogum
* Toram

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Mubi (B.1.2)|

* Kajakse
* Masmaje
* Mubi
* Zirenkel

Sokoro (B.3)|

* Mawa
* Saba
* Sokoro
* Tamki
* Ubi

Barain (B.4)|

* Barein
* Jelkung

Others|

* Mokilko (B.2)
* Kujargé (?)

Italics indicate extinct languages. See also: Chadic languages
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