Ngeté-Herdé language

Ngeté-Herdé, also known as Lamé, is an Afro-Asiatic dialect cluster of Chad. Varieties are:

  • Dzəpaw, or Lamé
  • Ngeté (Nguetté), or Sorga-Ngeté
  • Herdé (He’dé), or Heɗe-Rong[2]
Not to be confused with Lame language or Peve language.
Ngeté-Herdé
Lame
Zime
Native toChad
Native speakers
(50,000 cited 1991–1999)[1]
Afro-Asiatic
Dialects
  • Dzəpaw
  • Ngeté
  • He’dé
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
nnn – Ngete
hed – Herdé
Glottolognget1241  Ngete
herd1236  Herde

Zime is a generic name.

Phonology

The following is the He’dé dialect:

Consonants
Labial Alveolar Post-alv./
Palatal		 Velar Glottal
plain lateral
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Stop/
Affricate		 voiceless p t t͡ʃ k ʔ
voiced b d d͡ʒ ɡ
prenasal ᵐb ⁿd ⁿd͡ʒ ᵑɡ
implosive ɓ ɗ
Fricative voiceless f s ɬ h
voiced v z ɮ ɦ
Tap/Trill ⱱ r
Approximant l j ˀj w

/w/ may occasionally be heard as a labio-palatal [ɥ] when before front vowels.

Sounds /t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ, ⁿd͡ʒ/ are realized as affricates [t͡s, d͡z, ⁿd͡z] among other dialects.

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i ĩ u ũ
Mid e ẽ ə ə̃ o õ
Open a ã

Sounds /e, ẽ/ and /o, õ/ may also be realized as more open [ɛ, ɛ̃] and [ɔ, ɔ̃], when in syllable-final positions.[3]

References
  1. Ngete at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Herdé at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, 2006. The Afro-Asiatic Languages: Classification and Reference List (ms)
  3. Sachnine, Michka (1982). Le Lamé vùn-dzə̀pàò: Un parler zimé du Nord-Cameroun (langue tchadique). Paris: SELAF.

Lexique Zimé-Français


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