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Linguasphere-Register
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lsr Root ▶ 1= AFRO-ASIAN phylosector ▶ 18= MANDARIC phylozone
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| id name |
| 18= MANDARIC phylozone |
| list descendants |
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| position |
| 02.09 |
| nodeType |
| innernode |
| also |
| Biu + Mandara; Central Chadic; Mandaric |
| keyWords |
| Chadic; Afro-Asiatic; Hamito-Semitic |
| pdf |
| OL-SITE 1999-2000 MASTER ONE Sectors 1-Zones 15-19.pdf |
| lsrType |
| zone |
| grouping |
| phylo |
| scale |
| 1.000.000 – 10.000.000 |
| lsrCountry |
| Cameroon; Chad; Nigeria |
| notes |
| covers the "Biu + Mandara" or "Central Chadic" grouping, part of the "Chadic" affinity within the wider "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental affinity; comprising 9 sets of languages (62 outer languages) spoken by communities in North Central Africa, in and around the Mandara highlands (whence the term "Mandaric"): 18-A MUSKUM + MBARA 18-B LAGWAN + JINA 18-C MORA + ZALADAVA 18-D SUKUR 18-E MADA + MARVA 18-F DABA + GAVAR 18-G BURA + PSIKYE 18-H NYIMATLI + GA'ANDA 18-I GBWATA + GUDU |
| statistics |
| 9 sets • 17 chains • 34 nets • 62 outerLanguages • 196 innerLanguages • 48 dialects • 229 leaves • 366 descendants • 62 with iso639Links • 62 with ethnologueLinks • 167 with glottologLinks |