Mawa

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A language of Chad

ISO 639-3
mcw
Alternate Names
Mahoua, Mahwa
Autonym
Maaw
User Population

6,560 (2000).

Location

Guéra region: Guéra department, Bitkine subprefecture, Mahoua village area.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Chadic, East, B, B.1, 1
Dialects

Gura (Gurara), Reupan (Roffono). Gura (village of Gurara) and Reupan (village of Roffono) have been called dialects but their speech is very similar to that of Mahoua. Lexical similarity: 8% with Ubi [ubi].

Typology

SVO; noun head initial; gender.

Language Use

All domains. Used by all. Most also use Chadian Spoken Arabic [shu]. Some also use Kenga [kyq].

Language Development

Adult literacy ongoing in a few villages.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mawa
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Muslim.