Afade language

Afade language

asụsụ, modern language

obere ụdị nke	Mafa languages
mba/obodo	Kameroon, Naijiria
ụmụ amaala ka	Far North, North, South, Ȯra Borno, Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria)
Ọkwa asụsụ Ethnologue	6b Threatened

Afade (Afaɗə) bụ asụsụ Afro-Asiatic a na-asụ n'ebe ọwụwa anyanwụ Naịjirịa na n'ebe ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ Cameroon.

Udi di iche iche

Afade bụ onye otu Biu-Mandara nke ezinụlọ asụsụ Afro-Asiatic. Ọ nwere njikọ na asụsụ Cameroon Mpade, Maslam, Malgbe, Mser, na Lagwan.

Ebe a na-ekesa ya

Ọkà mmụta banyere agbụrụ

Ndị na-asụ Afade bụ ụmụ amaala Kotoko nke Cameroon na Naijiria. Dị ka Ethnologue si kwuo, na Cameroon, a na-asụ ya na mpaghara North dị anya: Logone-and-Chari ọke, South Makari nkewa, Afade area. Ndị na-asụ asụsụ a bụ ndị Cameroon 6,700. Na Na Naịjirịa, ndị na-ekwu okwu 40,000 na-asụ Afade na Borno Steeti, Ngala LGA, obodo nta iri na abụọ. Enweghị olumba a maara.

ALCAM (2012)

Na Cameroon, a na-asụ Afade n'akụkụ ndịda nke obodo Makari, nke dị n'etiti obodo Afade ma gbasaa na Logone-Birni (Logone-et-Chari department, Far North region). A na-asụ ya karịsịa na Naijiria.

Ọmụmụ ụdaolu

Mkpụrụ okwu

	Ọnụ	Ezé ezé	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Akpụkpọ ahụ	Ọkụ
Ụgbọ imi	m		n
Nnukwu ihe na-esi ísì ụtọ	p		t			k	kp	ʔ
Akwukwo okwu	b		d		ɟ	ɡ	ɡb	ʔ
Ihe E Mere Eme	Ọ bụ n'oge na-adịghị anya	t̪θʼ			cʼ	kʼʼ
Implosive	ɓ		ka
Ihe na-esiri ike	f		s ɬ	ʃ				h
Mmetụta			l r		j		w

Afade nwere nnukwu ndepụta nke ụdaume, gụnyere ejectives, implosives, na labial-velar stops. Mkpụrụedemede nke Afade bụ /i u e ɤ o ɛ ɔ a ɑ/. /a/ bụ n'ihu, kama ịbụ n'etiti.

Edensibia

• [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji] "Inventory phonetics of a Kotoko language: the Mandagué de Mara," Tschadian Phonological Studies. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji] Paris: SELAF Peeji nke 5977.