Hədi

Hdi

Afro-Asiatic (Chadic, Central, Mafa-Bata subgroup)

FamigliaAfro-Asiatic (Chadic, Central, Mafa-Bata subgroup) Parlanti~30K ScritturaLatin PaesiCameroon Lingua ufficialeNo (English/French in Cameroon; Arabic in northeast Nigeria) Vitalitàvulnerable ISO 639-3xed

Hdi (formerly Hidé, Hide) is a Chadic language of the Mandara Mountains in northern Cameroon, near the Nigerian border. It is famous in linguistic literature for being one of the few documented African languages with an [+/-ATR] vowel harmony system fully comparable to West African Atlantic-Congo languages, despite its Afro-Asiatic affiliation. Hdi has a rich glottal-consonant inventory including voiced and voiceless implosives (ɓ, ɗ), and Frajzyngier's 2002 reference grammar is a major work in Chadic linguistics. The Hdi people are subsistence farmers in the rocky Mandara terrain.

Dove si parla

20 parole essenziali in Hdi

Acqua

yam

/jam/

Fuoco

hu

/hu/

Sole

vah

/vah/

Luna

ʔir

/ʔir/

Madre

nəh

/nəh/

Padre

baba

/baba/

Mangiare

za

/za/

Bere

sa

/sa/

Amore

ɓəz

/ɓəz/

Cuore

ɓal

/ɓal/

Albero

ʔən

/ʔən/

Casa

gay

/ɡaj/

Cane

ɓəzaŋ

/ɓəzaŋ/

Gatto

mərz

/mərz/

Mano

xen

/xen/

Occhio

ɓah

/ɓah/

Ciao

ʔaza

/ʔaza/

Grazie

ʔusi

/ʔusi/

Uno

kələ

/kələ/

Buono

ɗəfa

/ɗəfa/

Fonti

Parole a confronto

Confrontato con le lingue Afro-Asiatic (Chadic, Central, Mafa-Bata subgroup) correlate

Significato HdiDabaKeraAlbaneseBlinTigrinoDii
Acqua yam /jam/ yam /jam/ mam /mam/ ujë /ujə/ አኳ /akwa/ ማይ /maj/ mam /mam/
Fuoco hu /hu/ kʷu /kʷu/ ákə̀rə /akərə/ zjarr /zjar/ ላእ /laʔ/ ሓዊ /ħawi/ mvə̀ /mvə/
Sole vah /vah/ ɓa /ɓa/ kêr /keːɾ/ diell /diɛɫ/ ኤርሕ /erəħ/ ጸሓይ /tsʼəħaj/ ngə̄ə̀ /ŋɡəə/
Luna ʔir /ʔir/ paɗ /paɗ/ mə̀sə̀rə /məsərə/ hënë /hənə/ ቸራ /tʃəra/ ወርሒ /wərħi/ mboɔn /mbɔɔn/
Madre nəh /nəh/ mma /mːa/ /naː/ nënë /nənə/ እና /əna/ ኣደ /ʔaddə/ na /na/
Padre baba /baba/ daa /daː/ /baː/ baba /baba/ አባ /aba/ ኣቦ /ʔabbo/ ba /ba/
Mangiare za /za/ za /za/ /na/ ha /ha/ ምሰራ /məsəra/ ምብላዕ /mɨblaʕ/ kpén /kpen˥/
Bere sa /sa/ sa /sa/ /saː/ pi /pi/ መዕያ /mətʕəja/ ምስታይ /mɨstaj/ kpɔ̀ /kpɔ/
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