Hədi

Hdi

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

FamíliaAfro-Asiatic (Chadic, Central, Mafa-Bata subgroup) Falantes~30K EscritaLatin PaísesCameroon Língua oficialNo (English/French in Cameroon; Arabic in northeast Nigeria) Vitalidadevulnerable 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.

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20 palavras essenciais em Hdi

Água

yam

/jam/

Fogo

hu

/hu/

Sol

vah

/vah/

Lua

ʔir

/ʔir/

Mãe

nəh

/nəh/

Pai

baba

/baba/

Comer

za

/za/

Beber

sa

/sa/

Amor

ɓəz

/ɓəz/

Coração

ɓal

/ɓal/

Árvore

ʔən

/ʔən/

Casa

gay

/ɡaj/

Cão

ɓəzaŋ

/ɓəzaŋ/

Gato

mərz

/mərz/

Mão

xen

/xen/

Olho

ɓah

/ɓah/

Olá

ʔaza

/ʔaza/

Obrigado

ʔusi

/ʔusi/

Um

kələ

/kələ/

Bom

ɗəfa

/ɗəfa/

Fontes

Palavras comparadas

Comparado com línguas Afro-Asiatic (Chadic, Central, Mafa-Bata subgroup) relacionadas

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