Teda language
| Teda | |
|---|---|
| Tedaga | |
| Native to | Chad, Libya, Niger[1] |
| Region | BET, Kanem, Tibesti, Murzuq, Agadez |
| Ethnicity | Teda |
Native speakers | 130,000 (2020–2024)[1] |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | tuq |
| Glottolog | teda1241 |
| ELP | Tedaga |
| Linguasphere | 02-BAA-aa |
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The Teda language, also known as Tedaga, Todaga, Todga, or Tudaga is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by the Teda, a northern subgroup of the Toubou people who inhabit southern Libya, northern Chad and eastern Niger. A small number also inhabit northeastern Nigeria.[1]
Along with the more populous southern dialect of Daza, the northern Teda dialect constitutes one of the two varieties of Tebu. However, Teda is also sometimes used for Tebu in general.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]| Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | t͡ʃ | k | ||
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | g | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | ç | h | |
| voiced | v | z | ɣ | ||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||
Vowels
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ʉ | u |
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Mid | ə | ||
| Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Teda at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ a b Chanard, Christian; Hartell, Rhonda L. (2019). Moran, Steven; McCloy, Daniel (eds.). "Tedaga sound inventory (AA)". PHOIBLE. 2.0. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- Barth, Heinrich (1854). "Schreiben an Prof. Lepsius über die Beziehung der Kanori- und Teda-Sprachen". Zeitschrift fur Erdkunde. 2: 372–374, 384–387.
- Chonai, Hassan (1998). Gruppa teda-kanuri (centraľnosaxarskaja sem'ja jazykov) i ee genetičeskie vzaimootnošenija (ėtimologičeskij i fonologičeskij aspekt) (PhD thesis). Moskva: Rossijskij gosudarstvennyj gumanitarnyj universitet.
- Haggar, Inouss; Walters, K. (2005). Lexique tubu (dazaga)-français et glossaire français-tubu. Niamey: SIL Niger.
- Jourdan, P. (1935). Notes grammaticales et vocabulaire de la langue Daza. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Trubner.
- Le Cœur, C. (1950). Dictionnaire ethnographique téda, précédé d'un lexique français-téda. Dakar: IFAN.
- Le Cœur, C.; Le Cœur, M. (1956). "Grammaire et textes teda-daza". Memoires de l'IFAN. 46. Dakar: Institut Français d’Afrique Noire.
- Lukas, Johannes (1951–1952). "Umrisse einer ostsaharanischen Sprachgruppe". Afrika und Übersee. 36: 3–7.
- Lukas, Johannes (1953). Die Sprache der Tubu in der zentralen Sahara. Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
- "Audio records of Daza-Teda languages". 1946.
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