Mawa language

Mawa (also known as Mahwa, Mahoua) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in central Chad.

Mawa
Mahoua
Native to	Chad
Region	central
Native speakers	6,600 (2000)[1]
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Chadic East Chadic East Chadic B Sokoro (B.3)[2] Mawa
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mcw
Glottolog	mawa1270

Notes

1. Mawa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List Archived 2020-12-13 at the Wayback Machine (ms)

References

• Hutchinson, Noelle, and Eric Johnson. 2006. A sociolinguistic survey of the Ubi language of Chad. SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2006-002. Dallas: SIL International. Online. URL: https://sil.org/silesr/abstract.asp?ref=2006-002.
• Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 1981b. Über die Mawa (Guera, Tschad) – Ethnographische und linguistische Notizen. In: I. Hofmann (ed.), Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag von P. Anton Vorbichler, 47–70.
• Roberts, James. 2009. Palatalization and Labialization in Mawa (Eastern Chadic). In: Rothmaler, Eva (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics V, 129–140. Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.
• Roberts, James. 2013. The tone system of Mawa. In: Henry Tourneux (ed.), Topics in Chadic Linguistics VII, Cologne: Rüdiger Köppe.