Masa

E402506

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Masa canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afroasiatic language ⓘ
Central Chadic language ⓘ
Chadic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
endangeredStatus vulnerable ⓘ
glottologCode masa1320 ⓘ
glottologName Masa ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Mundang ⓘ
linked to: Moundang
hasPhonologicalFeature consonant length distinctions ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ
iso639-3Code mcn ⓘ
isSubjectOf Afroasiatic historical linguistics research ⓘ
Chadic comparative studies ⓘ
languageBranch Central Chadic ⓘ
languageFamily Afroasiatic ⓘ
languageSubfamily Chadic ⓘ
primaryUsageDomain everyday communication ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
region Far North Region of Cameroon ⓘ
southwestern Chad ⓘ
spokenIn Cameroon ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
subclassOf Afroasiatic languages ⓘ
Central Chadic languages ⓘ
linked to: Chadic languages

Chadic languages ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Masa people ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

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