Ngeté-Herdé, also known as Lamé, is an
Afro-Asiatic
The Afroasiatic languages (also known as Afro-Asiatic, Afrasian, Hamito-Semitic, or Semito-Hamitic) are a language family (or "phylum") of about 400 languages spoken predominantly in West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and parts of th ...
dialect cluster
A dialect is a variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standardized varieties as well as vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardized varieties, such as those used in developing countries or iso ...
of Chad. Varieties are:
*Dzəpaw, or Lamé
*Ngeté (Nguetté), or Sorga-Ngeté
*Herdé (He’dé), or Heɗe-Rong
''Zime'' is a generic name.
Phonology
The following is the He’dé dialect:
Consonants
/w/ may occasionally be heard as a labio-palatal
when before front vowels.
Sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, ⁿd͡ʒ/ are realized as affricates
͡s, d͡z, ⁿd͡zamong other dialects.
Vowels
Sounds /e, ẽ/ and /o, õ/ may also be realized as more open
, ɛ̃and
, ɔ̃ when in syllable-final positions.
References
External links Lexique Zimé-Français
Chadic languages
Languages of Chad
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