Teda language
Appearance
Teda | |
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Tedaga | |
Native to | Chad,Libya,Niger[1] |
Region | BET,Kanem,Tibesti,Murzuq,Agadez |
Ethnicity | Teda |
Native speakers | 130,000 (2020–2024)[1] |
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tuq |
Glottolog | teda1241 |
ELP | Tedaga |
Linguasphere | 02-BAA-aa |
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TheTeda language,also known as Tedaga, Todaga, Todga, or Tudaga is aNilo-Saharan languagespoken by the Teda, a northern subgroup of theToubou peoplewho inhabit southernLibya,northernChadand easternNiger.A small number also inhabit northeasternNigeria.[1]
Along with the more populous southern dialect ofDaza,the northern Teda dialect constitutes one of the two varieties ofTebu.However, Teda is also sometimes used for Tebu in general.
References
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- Barth, Heinrich 1854. Schreiben an Prof. Lepsius über die Beziehung der Kanori- und Teda-Sprachen.Zeitschrift fur Erdkunde,2: 372-74, 384-87.
- Chonai, Hassan 1998.Gruppa teda-kanuri (centraľnosaxarskaja sem’ja jazykov) i ee genetičeskie vzaimootnošenija (ėtimologičeskij i fonologičeskij aspekt).Moskva: PhD. Dissertation (Rossijskij gosudarstvennyj gumanitarnyj universitet).
- Haggar, Inouss & K. Walters 2005.Lexique tubu (dazaga)-français et glossaire français-tubu.Niamey: SIL, Niger.
- Jourdan, P. 1935.Notes grammaticales et vocabulaire de la langue Daza.London: Kegan, Paul, Trench & Trubner.
- Le Cœur, C. 1950.Dictionnaire ethnographique téda, précédé d’un lexique français-téda.Dakar: IFAN.
- Le Cœur, C., and M. Le Cœur 1956.Grammaire et textes teda-daza.Memoires de l’IFAN 46. Dakar: Institut Français d’Afrique Noire.
- Lukas, Johannes 1951-52. Umrisse einer ostsaharanischen Sprachgruppe.Afrika und Übersee,36: 3-7.
- Lukas, Johannes 1953.Die Sprache der Tubu in der zentralen Sahara.Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
- Audio records of Daza-Teda languages, 1946 (being digitized soon):http://archives.crem-cnrs.fr/archives/collections/CNRSMH_I_1950_002/