Hədi

Kihdi

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

FamiliaAfro-Asiatic (Chadic, Central, Mafa-Bata subgroup) Wasemaji~30K HatiLatin NchiCameroon Lugha rasmiNo (English/French in Cameroon; Arabic in northeast Nigeria) Uhai wa lughavulnerable 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.

Inakozungumzwa

Maneno 20 ya msingi katika Kihdi

Maji

yam

/jam/

Moto

hu

/hu/

Jua

vah

/vah/

Mwezi

ʔir

/ʔir/

Mama

nəh

/nəh/

Baba

baba

/baba/

Kula

za

/za/

Kunywa

sa

/sa/

Upendo

ɓəz

/ɓəz/

Moyo

ɓal

/ɓal/

Mti

ʔən

/ʔən/

Nyumba

gay

/ɡaj/

Mbwa

ɓəzaŋ

/ɓəzaŋ/

Paka

mərz

/mərz/

Mkono

xen

/xen/

Jicho

ɓah

/ɓah/

Habari

ʔaza

/ʔaza/

Asante

ʔusi

/ʔusi/

Moja

kələ

/kələ/

Nzuri

ɗəfa

/ɗəfa/

Vyanzo

Ulinganishaji wa maneno

Imelinganishwa na lugha za Afro-Asiatic (Chadic, Central, Mafa-Bata subgroup) zinazohusiana

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