Massa language

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Not to be confused with Limassa language.
Massa
Masana
Native to Chad, Cameroon
Native speakers
 unknown (230,000 cited 1982–2006)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mcn
Glottolog masa1322  (Manasa)[2]
gize1234  (Gizey)[3]
hama1241  (Ham)[4]

Massa (or Masana, Masa) is a language spoken in southern Chad and northern Cameroon. It is a Chadic language with approximately 200,000 speakers.

Dialects are Bongor, Bugudum (Budugum), Domo, Gizay, Gumay, Ham, Walia, Wina (Viri), Yagwa.

Kim, a neighboring language, was once misclassified as Masa.

References

  1. ↑ Massa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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