Sar language

Central Sudanic language spoken in Chad From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sar or Sara, also known as Madjingay and Sara Madjingay is a Bongo–Bagirmi language of southern Chad, and the lingua franca of regional capital of Sarh.

NativetoChad
Native speakers
(180,000 cited 1993 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Sar
  • Nar
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Sar
Madjingay
Native toChad
Native speakers
(180,000 cited 1993 census)[1]
Dialects
  • Sar
  • Nar
Language codes
ISO 639-3mwm
Glottologsarr1246
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Phonology

The consonants are as follows.[2]

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Labial Alveolar Retroflex Postalveolar
/Palatal		 Velar
Plosive/
Affricate		 tenuis p t k
voiced b d d͡ʒ ɡ
prenasalized m͡b n͡d n͡dʒ ŋ͡ɡ
implosive ɓ ɗ
Fricative s
Nasal m n
Liquid oral l ɽ
nasalized ɽ̃
Semi-vowel oral j w
nasalized j̃
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Vowels and nasal vowels are as follows:

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Front Central Back
Close i ĩ ɨ u ũ
Mid e ẽ (ə) o õ
ɔ
Open a ã
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/o, e/ can also be heard as [ə].[3]

There are three tones.[4][5]

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ToneExampleGloss
highɡáŋɡádrum
midmālscavenger
lowjàbə̀hippopotamus
nasal tã sauce
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